Marriage is a serious business in Cambodia. Gone are the days when Angkar, the Khmer Rouge secret organization, would forcibly marry young men and women dressed in black pyjamas with spartan, joyless ceremonies. Today, the ceremony is a three-day colorful ritual : bride and groom don four sets of expensive clothes each, she carries as much jewelry as to shame a queen and both are constantly flanked by three maids and grooms. Money is spend lavishly, food eaten in quantity. The ritual is as much a theatricals for showing off as a Buddhist ceremony.