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Photograph is in a book with a description beneath ; printed description: "(Daniel, iv.)--The picturesqueness of Oriental
civilization strikes with great force every one upon his first visit to the East. There is much of color everywhere. The people
seem to be slow and dull and to possess a large share of physical inertia and repose, but if we look outside to the material
elements of Eastern civilization, everything is so highly colored as would naturally lead one to suppose that they were the
expressions of excited imagination. The scene which we give above of a marriage ceremony in Cairo is of a piece with the whole
of Egyptian civilization. The scene is festive and picturesque to the last degree. One would suppose from seeing such a procession
go by that the parties were playing at marriage. The procession is headed by a body of musicians, and amid it all there is
laughter and shouting and the jingle of tambourines." See 5150BAI/LVi68CAJS (Voyager # 358017)
Two camels haul a litter with two people inside
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