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| Families' meeting |
A top event of Turkish day was their
traditional wedding ceremony sketch and I was playing brides role so I got a
deeper view in Turkish wedding traditions which differs a lot of Latvian
wedding traditions.
Before the wedding bridegroom’s
family visit bride’s family to ask permission to brides father and get to know
each other family. It is stressful for groom because he has to get permission
from bride’s father and it is not easy at all. In this visit bride serves
Turkish coffee but bridegrooms’ coffee is salty, he has to drink it all to show
his love. I served my “groom” salty coffee and he had to finish it and after
some conversations between families father of the bridegroom starts to say
“With the will of Allah and the permission of Muhammed, I ask your daughter for
my son”.
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| Groom and bride |
Brides father replies positively
(almost always) and visit is over.
I had to be shy and worried bride,
because bride is showing her love to her parents and they are examining him.
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| First dance |
In wedding there is a Yes/No
ceremony and after that (in case of positive answer) people start to dance with
traditional Turkish music. Wedding rings are already on fingers before ceremony
by the way. Certificate of marriage is given to bride after signatures because
it is believed that lady cares more.
/Jolanta, Riga, Latvia/
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