•v After ithe'jepr^o.ijyri^eHbri'diegrplDm^pa-Jrs.'t^e;-priest the marriage fees
\sa l£ l$ q $ ,^W \\ ought, jappqrdipg tp-stçict;Mahometans/,'.not,.to éxceed
niosttjig^ta^s« tfrejfeestiare raisedffu five dimes:that
suip. ip mpnjey,ht>es$es. in many ?pj.a,cps, a ;fo%wls a hank pf, c'otton-yarn, four
hâtisioî, ),icej jpwO .cocop-puts, çshÿ,, and frjjit,.. |
'^Onf,t^e wedding/day, or sometimes the. d>y following, the bridegroom,'
ftrjesse^ his'lja^feelothes* ipoun^di.pn--,; hprseback,^, accompanied, by 'alL ,his
fie n d s ,. and attended’, with ,music vip ttiê ftfaiit and rp^r,. proceeds at noon to
the dwelling of thg. bride, who, on-his approach, comeswut tovmeet him at
thg;doo.i\îr In;sç>jrhe' Ms&âçts, ..before:^their. -n e ^ p 4 ppnqach, ,;the bride Tand
bridegroçfm rfbjrpw! .simultaneously^, bundle.'of-^iro /at each. other with com*
|iderabieifo|b;§, ,wjith thejintentiop^jt^is..said, .of,learning,- feojnrfhe demote*
srttH .Which tbe parties respectively perform this-singular Teat, and the
attends if,- .^bjpfabpf them; will be ’ able best -to -maintain their
/privileges',jpr gain an-..ascendancy dürjngi the • eoptin nance, &f rfheir,.uhiôn;
^M&^jprogposticat^th^J, jfethe bundl.^pifike'. bridegroom tduch the head of
the bride, it is an infallible sign, that he must _rule ; ' C%er;Wis.e, the'reverse. S
The brides after ' this, r e c c e s the bridegroom with a low.bbeisanpe/rin
teStimony'of .jher regard, for him, ^ p r id in g similar marks of .respect to his
parents,\ who attend him. Them^fied^eouple :.afe .then placed in. a sitinu
tion elevated above the pest ofrfhe company ; and in ; token .)C$i their âfter-v
wards, living together, and sharing -the same sustenance,' commence èatirig
ffomrfhe, same ,?/fi-bç>j[.
districts,'.tafter'/eaving-the, mosque, the bridegroom* and his father:
• hjrnceed .to the house of ^ bride’s-parents, - where itbeyjob tain hér-.compârijr
in, a m^bcessian ,through the ivillâge ontowti., (On theM occasions*,. .the 'bride!
" ispfeurriëd bn a litter, which/is, generally fashioned 1n.rfhe. fdrm 'ofc a\gar.uda,;
and the bridegroom is mounted on horseback. AIL the relations andfrieuds
;of the parties^ attend, carrying flowers and refreshments, ' together with the
presents made to the bridegroom on his marriage. The procession moves,
oh to the sound of the national music, and the occasional firing of cannon.
A feast is given in the evening at the .house of the., bride’s parents, at
which the new married couple remain for the night. - The term given to the
bride and bridegroom is peng’cmten, and the .marriage ’ceremony is ‘called
Ifaki râbp:"^
On the next day in some ^districts’,. and on the fifth in others, the bridegroom
(or peng'anten ianaiTg), and bride. Qpep.g!anten:wado}i% together with
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