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                              Dear 
                                Ducts readers, 
                              If 
                                you are in your 20's or 30's, perhaps you are 
                                going through a phase where everyone around you 
                                is getting married. Well, this is definitely the 
                                case with me -- only my friends are spread out 
                                all over the globe. The following photos were 
                                taken mostly in Japan. They portray two bi-cultural 
                                weddings: A Shinto ceremony for Jarrad (Australia) 
                                and Takako (Japan), then a Catholic wedding for 
                                Cyrille (France) and Masami (Korean-Japanese). 
                                Also pictured are my friends' costume wedding 
                                reception, a very traditional ceremony in Ecuador 
                                and finally my brother's wedding in my mom's backyard. 
                                One final note: There is a good chance that I 
                                myself will be married by the time you read this. 
                                Soon, I'll be sending my papers off to Japan so 
                                that my fiancee (pictured with Masami) can take 
                                them to her local city hall and marry us with 
                                me "en absentia." That's right! I'm 
                                going to be a mail-order husband! 
                              - 
                                Tom Fast  
                                
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