Travels

A wedding guest watches a wedding parade in the town of Navsari in Gujarat, India. Traditionally, Indian weddings are elaborate celebrations filled with rituals and customs dating back thousands of years. Weddings are usually between arranged couples, or those who have been partnered together by the bride and groom?s families for financial gain and family partnership. The marriage of Suketu Soni and Divya Agarwal, however, was a more modern love marriage.

The Parekh family buys produce from a portable fruit and vegetable stand in Surat, Gujarat, India, on Jan. 7, 2008.

Women from Oman perform a traditional song and dance during the Smithsonian's annual Folklife Festival held on Washington, D.C.'s National Mall June 30th, 2005. Oman, a country located in the Middle East, was one of many countries spotlighted during this year's "culturally broadening" event, which was expected to attract nearly one million visitors.

The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers' Motor Vessel Mississippi docked at Cape Girardeau on Friday, April 9, 2010. The vessel, one of the largest working towboats still in use, was piloted by the Army Corps of Engineers' Mississippi River Commission. The commission was conducting its annual high-water inspection of the River.