Last weekend we went to visit some of Sokha’s Father’s family who live in a village next to the Tonle Bassac – about 90 minutes south of Phnom Penh. Sokha’s cousin was getting married the next day. We couldn’t attend the actual wedding because it was being held on a Monday – which is a working day for us. It was so great to get there for a relaxing Sunday and we took a few photos and videos of what was happening so you could get an idea of what it might be like at our wedding. See them below:
Getting the chickens ready for the big feats.
Sokha’s Cousin’s son guarding the ‘Num’ – cakes made from rice flour and sweet beans and wrapped in banana leaf
Making ‘Num An Sorm’ – bananas or bean encased by rice and then wrapped and tied in banana leaf.
The super-cute guy wanting to be picked up
Making these cakes is like a process line where everyone has a specific tasks, e.g.: cut the banana leaf to size, fill the rice, fill the bean, tie the cake together etc.. It’s a very happy, fun and sociable time as everyone joins together to make sure things are ready in time for the wedding. This was a job for the women mostly.
Sokha’s Counsin’s Son
Banana leaf preparation
Notice – always woven mats and cushions are used for sitting on. Rarely there is tables and chairs.
The finished product
Tying the cakes together with a banana leaf wrapping. Notice the adept usage of the toes ;o)
Other food preparation activities
One of the other looker-onerers
Cooking some of the prepared cakes. The cakes will be steam cooked within the banana-leaf wrapper – sometimes for hours
Getting all the chickens ready for the wedding. Again – as a production-line type process where everyone mucks in. This was a job for the men mostly.
