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TRADITION, WHEN IT
COMES TO WEDDINGS.
SCOTT SWAN SHOWS
US WHERE BRIDES AND
GROOMS TAKE THOSE
IMPORTANT WEDDING
PICTURES.
TONIGHT WE'RE
HEADED TO MOSCOW.
5-THOUSAND MILES
AWAY FROM
INDIANAPOLIS.
IT'S ONE OF THE
RUSSIAN CITIES WHERE
ROMANCE IS VERY
MUCH ALIVE.
A TRIP TO RUSSIA.. IS A
VISUAL FEAST.
FOR VISITORS.. A
POSTCARD-READY
MOMENT.. AROUND
EVERY CORNER.
AN OPPORTUNITY TO
SAY.. "LOOK AT THIS."
"CHECK THIS OUT."
"I WAS HERE."
BUT LOCALS.. ARE
HERE TOO.
AND FOR THEM.. THESE
ARE THE MOST
IMPORTANT PICTURES..
OF THEIR LIVES.
MUSIC WITH RHODES'S
BEST IMAGES OF RUSSIA
SHE SPEAKS ENGLISH
BRIDE AND GROOM: "WE
ARE TAKING PHOTOS HERE
BECAUSE IT'S ONE OF THE
MOST BEAUTIFUL PLACES
IN ST. PETERSBURG."
NO MATTER WHERE WE
WENT IN RUSSIA.. THEY
WERE THERE TOO.
INSIDE A MALL..
OUTSIDE A
CATHEDRAL..
AND.. IN A PALACE
GARDEN.
BRIDE AND GROOM: "WE
ARE GOING TO TAKE A LOT
OF PHOTOS THERE AND
NEAR THE BAY BECAUSE
THERE IS A SPECTACULAR
VIEW."
BLACK HAIR BRIDE AND
GROOM IN FRONT OF
SPILLED BLOOD CHURCH:
"THIS IS A TRADITIONAL
PLACE FOR PEOPLE WHO
GET MARRIED TO COME
HERE. WE BELIEVE IN GOD
AND WANT TO COME TO
COME TO THIS BEAUTIFUL
PLACE, THIS BRIDGE AND
CHURCH OF THE SPILLED
BLOOD."
WHY DID THEY TAKE THEIR
WEDDING PHOTOS INSIDE A
MALL?
GROOM: "CAUSE IT'S A
GOOD ARCHITECTURE.
BRIDE: WEATHER. GROOM:
WEATHER, BECAUSE IT'S
RAINING OUTSIDE."
IT BECAME OBVIOUS..
THAT CAPTURING THE
BIG DAY.. IN FRONT OF
BIG RUSSIAN
LANDMARKS.. WAS THE
BIG THING HERE.
AND =SO= WAS =THIS=.
EITHER SHOW PADLOCK OR
TOSSING"... ..."
LOCKING PADLOCKS..
AND THROWING AWAY
THE KEY.
A SYMBOL OF THEIR
LOVE.. AND LIFE-LONG
DEVOTION TO ONE
ANOTHER.
AND.. EVEN THOUGH
THE TRADITION.. MAY
NOT HAVE STARTED IN
RUSSIA.
BUT.. IT CERTAINLY
CAUGHT ON.
WE SAW THE
PADLOCKS.. ON A HILL..
OVERLOOKING
RUSSIA'S 5TH BIGGEST
CITY.. NIZHNY-
NOVGOROD.
IN ST. PETERSBURG..
ON WHAT'S KNOWN.. AS
THE "KISSING BRIDGE."
AND.. IN MOSCOW.. IT'S
BECOME SO BIG.
AND.. SO MANY
PADLOCKS.
THE BRIDGE COULDN'T
HOLD THEM.
SO.. THE CITY PLANTED
TREES.
LOTS OF TREES.
A FOREST OF TREES.
WITH THOUSANDS..
AND THOUSANDS.. OF
PADLOCKS.
LILY/TOUR GUIDE: "AS IT IS
SAID HERE, THE BRIDGE OF
LOVE."
NEED A YOUNG FEMALE
VOICE TO INTERPRET
INTERVIEW WITH BRIDE ON
THE WEDDING BRIDGE:
"THIS BRIDGE IS A VERY
OLD TRADITION IN THIS
PARTICULAR PLACE."
NEED A YOUNG MALE
VOICE TO INTERPRET
INTERVIEW WITH GROOM
AND BRIDE ON THE
WEDDING BRIDGE: "WHAT
IT SYMBOLIZES IS THIS
LOCK IS THE UNIT OF
MARRIAGE. SO, WE LOCK IT
AND WE THROW THE KEY
AWAY. SO NO ONE CAN
SEPARATE US.
GREAT SHOT NATS OF
COUPLE THROWING KEY
OVER THEIR SHOULDER
INTO THE RIVER FOR GOOD
LUCK FOLLOWED BY
CLAPPING BY A GUEST.
LILY/TOUR GUIDE: "IT
MEANS MARRIAGE
FOREVER. EVERYBODY ON
THEIR WEDDING DAY
HOPES IT WILL BE ONCE
AND FOREVER."
THERE ARE TREES.. AS
FAR.. AS THE EYE CAN
SEE.
LILY SOLO READING NAMES
OF PADLOCK ON TREES
"ANTONE LOVES NASTIA."
WITH THOUSANDS..
AND THOUSANDS.. OF
PADLOCKS.
LILY WITH SWAN ON TWO-
SHOT: "SOME HAVE NO
NAME. SOME HAVE
NICKNAME. SOME HAVE
THE YEAR. 2008."
MANY.. HANGING FOR
YEARS.. THROUGH
RUSSIA'S HARSH
WINTERS.
HAPPY COUPLES SHOW
UP.. ALL THE TIME.
PADLOCKS IN HAND.
TOSSING KEYS INTO
THE CANAL.. AS A SIGN
OF DEVOTION.. TO ONE
ANOTHER.
NATS OF ACCORDIAN
PLAYER PLAYING MUSIC
AND SINGING ON THE
WEDDING BRIDGE: TIGHT
SHOT OF THE ACCORDIAN
NEED A YOUNG FEMALE
VOICE TO INTERPRET
INTERVIEW WITH BRIDE ON
THE WEDDING BRIDGE:
"WE WANT TO SHARE
HAPPINESS AND LOVE JUST
LIKE EVERYONE ELSE. SO
THAT'S WHAT THIS DAY IS
LIKE."
IN A COUNTRY.. RICH
IN HISTORY.. WITH
GRAND CATHEDRALS..
AND GLITTERING
PALACES..
IT'S SOMETHING
SMALL..
WITH A LOCK.. AND A
KEY.. THAT STIRS THE
ROMANCE.
AMID A FOREST OF
LOVE.
TOMORROW NIGHT.. MY
COVERAGE OF RUSSIA
ENDS.. WITH ONE OF MY
FAVORITE STORIES.
A STORY.. ABOUT A
RUSSIAN.. WHO SEES
AN ABANDONED
BUILDING.. AS A
CANVAS.
YOU AND I MAY LOOK..
AT VACANT HOMES..
AND RUNDOWN
BUILDINGS.. AS SIGNS
OF BLIGHT.. AND A
HAVEN FOR CRIME.
BUT.. THIS ARTIST..
SEES A POTENTIAL
PERSONALITY.
A FACE.
A SOUL.
AS I LEARNED.. THESE
ARE MEMBERS.. OF A
FAMILY.
RUSSIA'S "URBAN
ARTIST".. TOMORROW
NIGHT AT 7:30.
SEE YOU THEN.
ON THE O-ZONE...MEET
THE OLDEST OLYMPIC