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Wedding of Monguor:
Engagement:
1、Vists.Bridegroom's mother's three-time marriage proposal to bride's door-omitted today.
2、Gifts-giving on festivals.After engagement,the bride's family shall receive gifts on festivals.
3、To go for the marriage matcher.The Tu population said that it is the cloud that the rain stems from and it is the marriage matcher that makes the marriage become reality.Therefore,both arranged marriage and free love shall be treated formally with the bridegroom's parents' going for the marriage matcher.Most marriage matchers are men recruited from the renowned older villagers or those with blood or marital relationship with the bride's family,convenient for consensus reaching.
4、Betrothal gifts counsel.The counsel is taken between the bridegroom's relatives,with betrothal gifts,and the bride's relatives.During the counsel the latter deliberately ask for many betrothal gifts at the outset before the marriage matcher and the bridegroom's father or uncle toast and make a pitch for the bride's eldership to make the betrothal gifts reasonable.。
5、To drink engagement wine.It means that the wedding is fixed.
6、6、Giving betrothal gifts.Betrothal gifts shall be given in batches,and the bridegroom's side shall have none of the major ones left three moths before the wedding to enable the dressmaking.
On Ma Ze Day,namely Box Addition Day,the dappled box shall be filled with dowry and betrothal gifts dowered to the bride before all those are gathered together for presentation.
The etiquette and custom on the bride's side
1、A Gu shall climb the roof、wall and gate
2、A Gu shall grab gifts
3、After the gate is closed,antiphonal Singing and water-sprinkling shall be done.
4、Mocking and satiring the marriage matcher.
5、Bride's hair style remolding shall be done.
6、There shall be a farewell ceremony before starting off.
7、To accompany the bride.
The etiquette and custom on the bridegroom's side
1、Sedan chair reception
2、Newlywed's worshiping Heaven & Earth and the bride's making a pledge that she will be prudent in her words.
3、To thank the marriage matcher
4、To offer jujube tea
5、Dowry presentation and bridegroom's getting dressed up
6、The bride's side's giving gifts to the eldership and important people of the bridegroom's side.
7、To give a round-table banquet
8、To counsel about the bridal procession's remuneration
9、The bride's side's giving gifts in return.
10、To hand out dough and Ma wine
11、To thank the cook and to see pro-grandmather off. |
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