"Baziya. Kraal Hochzeit. Der junge Mann bringt seine Frau zu ihrem Hochzeitswagen zurück" ("Baziya. Kraal wedding. The young man is bringing his wife back to her wedding car.") A group of people standing. A couple: The bride is wearing a white wedding dress, a veil and pearls in her hair. She is holding flowers in her hands. The bridegroom left to her is wearing a dark suit, a striped necktie, a flower on his collar and white gloves. In his right hand he is holding a hat. In his left he is holding a stick and the hand of the bride. Right to the bride a woman wearing a white dress and cap, holding a white umbrella in her hands. Left to the bridegroom a woman in a dark dress and with a dark cap. Other people behind the couple. Wilhelm Friedrich Karl Blohm, born in 1884 in Keffenbrinck (Germany), was a carpenter. In 1911 he married Marie Bürger. He started his missionary work in 1911 in Unyamwezi (East Africa). After being imprisoned by the Belgians from 1916 till 1917 he returned to Germany. From 1922 till 1945 he worked as a missionary in Baziya (South Africa). He died in Baziya in 1945. c.f. pictures nos. IMP-HRN-BOX-SAO-8-10704, -10705, -10706, -10710, -10711, -10712, -10713, -10714, -10715.
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