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Wearing her fortune, from gold threads in her sari to a priceless heirloom headpiece, she waits to marry. The arranged marriage between two coffee plantation owning families involves a dowry of gold. Indians have more gold than USA reserve system.
- Copyright
- RANDY OLSON
- Image Size
- 6000x4000 / 137.4MB
- Keywords
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adult, asia, beauty, bride, celebrations, cheerful, chikmagalur, clothing, color image, custom, day, elementary age, girl, gold, gold (metal), headdresses (jewelry), headpiece, heirlooms, india, indian clothing (asian), indian culture, indian ethnicity, indian people (asian), indoors, jewelry, karnataka state, large group of people, metals and metallic substances, national clothing, national peoples, peoples, photography, sari, sitting, standing, thread, wealth, women
- Contained in galleries
- The Price of GOLD_National Geographic magazine_1/2009
