Naturally, in this case, the family needed a decent compensation. The higher the position the bride occupied, the greater the amount should be laid out. Such a holiday was held with thought, diligence and beauty.
He is invited to a huge number of native people, friends and, of course, neighbors. Sometimes the whole village was walking.
Many pieces of those times have survived to this day, having passed from the obligatory ritual to the representation of our days. But today's grooms, each time worried, slapping themselves in their pockets and nervously look back at the witnesses and friends, worrying about the lack of money.
Although the bills at today's wedding is not the most popular currency. Much more important are alcoholic beverages and sweets. Be sure to pour a little bit of vodka to the future testy, and mother-in-law - good champagne. The bride's friends will never refuse to taste delicious wine and chocolates. Grandfather and grandmother need to bring fruit.
The groom will have to face the first obstacle in the stairwell. Stepping on each step he will, for example, say one affectionate word to the bride. If the beloved has settled high or the fantasy of the future spouse turns off, money always comes to the rescue. A new step without a fictional word and immediately have to pay a fine.
And so the future husband got to the cherished apartment of the bride, but here is a new mystery. A few female lips are printed on the sheet of paper. You have to choose which lips belong to his lover. Of course, everyone can make a mistake. Sponges are found - pass.
But what cruelty! The entrance hall is partitioned by a large table. On it you will need to put out the full name of your beloved with bills. There are cases, that with a surname and a patronymic.
And again, failure. Someone thought of putting a basin on the floor. Here the bridesmaids offer to put the most necessary thing for the bride there. The groom does not understand turning out his pockets. But in fact I had to put myself!
Now he is near the bride's room. But why are there a few ribbons looking out from behind a slightly ajar door? And the point is that every ribbon is tied to the finger of a bride's girlfriend. If you pulled the wrong one, pay or marry her.
One of the most pleasant and cheerful ceremonies for the newlyweds was and remains the trade of a large wedding cake. It also looks like a kind of ransom, only guests are paid for the pleasure, and not the bridegroom for the bride.
And what is the tradition of buying bride in other countries?
In Spain there is a cheerful tradition. The future husband gives thirteen coins to the beloved, showing that he will take care of her and protect his whole life. The whole ceremony of the bride keeps the coins presented in a purse specially prepared for this. It's not clear that the Spaniards do not have faith in the bad sign of the "damn dozen", or are they made of gold?
In some countries, it is still customary to pay for the kalym. This is best seen in Turkey. The transfer of kalym can be compared with a typical trade. One family sells the bride, the other buys it. Beauty, intelligence, affection, hard work of the bride are changed for a decent amount of money from the groom's purse.