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Banglatown 1991. Young Bangladeshi youth on the Boundary estate Tower Hamlets. East London UK
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Banglatown 1991. Young Bangladeshi men play checkers at a mini cab office on Mile End Road. East London UK
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Banglatown 1991. Rainbow Bengali video store, Cannon Street road. Tower Hamlets, East London. UK
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1991 Banglatown, East London. Young Bangladeshi women, known as ‘sakhis’ (friends) of the bride, gather outside her home on a council estate in Tower Hamlets. They are preparing to shower guests of the bride with yellow and red flower petals and sweets during the Gaye Holud ceremony, a vibrant pre-wedding tradition in Bengali culture. In this ritual, turmeric paste is also applied to the skin of both the bride and groom while they are at separate locations. Symbolising vitality and purity the ceremony also involves the exchange of gifts between the families and friends of the couple, these include sweets and decorated fish, presented in a spirit of acceptance, love, and well-wishing before the marriage. London UK
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Banglatown 1991. Young Bangladeshi children pass a gents barbers on Cannon Street Road. Tower Hamlets, East London. 1991.
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Banglatown 1991. Children study the Quran - often referred to as Madrasa classes - in a Mosque on Cannon Street Road. Tower Hamlets. East London. UK
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Banglatown 1991. Street market Shoreditch High Street. East London UK
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Banglatown 1991. Children outside a Bangladeshi fish and vegatable store on Cannon street road. London UK
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Banglatown 1991. Hessel Street looking towards Liverpool street road. London UK