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Publish Date: 18 December 2016 - 13:03

Turkmen traditional wedding

BOJNORD, Dec. 18 (MNA) – Wedding ceremony among Turkmen natives of Raz and Jergalan, North Khorasan province, has remained virtually the same as that in distant past; like their variegated attire, the ceremony itself is a sort of enigma; wedding is important in terms of bringing tribal glory and economic improvement. Turkmens cherish larger families, since they believe larger number of children would strengthen the tribe by providing for the labor force.

    

A day before wedding day, groom’s kinsmen accompany him in his house
Sisters and female relatives accompany the bride before departure to the groom’s home
To prepare bride for the ceremony, a colorful fabric is tied around her head as token of good omen and her happiness in life
Bride wears a traditional covering called ‘korte.’
Sisters and female relatives accompany the bride before departure to the groom’s home
Bride’s father escort her to the groom’s car
A special meal is served in the wedding day
Groom will eat along with one of his friends
Bride and groom are accompanied by relatives in a short walking in the out before final settlement
All relatives join in celebration of the festive day
On the other side of the event, guests await for bride and groom
Bride first enters her new home
Turkmen people have a long tradition of playing a percussion instrument called ‘daf.’
Upon arrival of the bride to the groom's house, it is traditional to burn African rue to ward off possible viles and the evils
Going back to the distant past is a tradition that some fruits, coins, and other items including even bread, are thrown among the crowd; this is probably the ceremony to bestow the future bounty to the new family
A local commedia dell'arte is performed before bride in a backyard
Girls also perform a local game ‘Ay Turk’ before bride
As a tradition, female and male children are presented to brides as a token of the bride’s future bringing children soon
Traditional bowl of flour and sacred oil, prepared by groom’s mother; this is also to foreshadow happiness; local name is ‘un sepmek,’ (Turkish for ‘flour spreading.’)
Sisters of both bride and groom prepare them for special ceremony
Still another tradition; bride should take the shoes the groom wears; groom will not allow and bride should do the job nevertheless
Groom’s kinsmen will engage in a game where bride should unfasten a special girdle the groom wears; this will be performed by great persistence by the bride
Tradition continues; bride should also take the suit groom wears
A long tradition where groom becomes absolute monarch; he would flog anyone whom he thinks had been behaving improper during the ceremony; this tradition indicates groom’s inherent protection of his bride
Groom awards with cash those who apply to his hand four and sacred oil
The day after wedding day, bride’s mother should untie the white fabric on bride’s coiffure; groom’s family then bring the ‘qimaҫ’
A contest is held where relatives of both sides participate; a white fabric, of special significance, is ties to bride’s coiffure. Now, anyone who claims the fabric is winner
A special hat worn by the bride is also worn by female children of the relatives as toke for their marriage and happiness
A special scarf, locally called ‘qimaҫ,’ is presented to the bride
A women of groom’s relatives is happy since she is winner the fabric
The closing item in traditional wedding; bride and groom sits under a blanket and an important person of the family prays for their happiness

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