Marriage Practice Essay

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Armenian Wedding Traditions Though the wedding traditions vary are different Armenia and Zoroastrian are mostly affected by the traditions used in each family. While or preparing a food tray, how families come together to announce engagement because there is a difference on how each side of the family prepares for the wedding day by giving gifts out or preparing a food tray, they have different songs that are played before a wedding or at the wedding, and each culture has their different foods the day before the wedding. The main members of the traditional Armenian wedding are Hars (bride), Pessa (groom), Harsnaqoor (usually bride’s sister-not married), Azab bashi (usually groom’s brother-not married), Qavor (a man chosen by the couples from the groom’s relatives as their advisor and a person whom they respect) and Qavorkin (Qavor’s wife) (Suny, Ronald G. 1983). The traditional Armenian wedding starts the day before the wedding day when groom’s relatives prepare a tray for the wedding. The traditional wedding tray contains Armenian cognac, some fruits, sweets; it may also contain some gifts. Sometimes the tray can be replaced with a basket. The tray or the basket should be decorated. The next day family members of the bridegroom go to the bride’s house. They start to dance under the Armenian Dhol and Zurna music in front of the bride’s house (Suny, Ronald G. 1983). They dance with the trays they have brought. Doing so they show the gifts in trays they have brought for the bride. When the Armenian family members of the bride see this they go to meet the guests and dance with them. The bride’s relatives dance holding Armenian Gata (a sweet Armenian cookie) in their hands (Suny, Ronald G. 1983). This shows that they are glad to welcome the groom’s family. They take the gifts from groom’s family and give them the Gatas. During this process the bride

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