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Funeral, Binh Hung
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Large funeral for multiple people in Binh Hung, Vietnam. Numerous decoratively painted coffins with cloth coverings are on display in a large open-air, roofed structure. On top of the coffins ae bunches of fruit, red candles and sticks of incense. A large crowd looks on from outside, and a few people are standing or crouching near the individual coffins.
June 1962
Chapelle, Dickey, 1919-1965
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