Strange Bulgarian wedding customs bride face painted white paint

Bulgarian wedding customs, Bulgaria's existing population of 8.967 million, mainly Bulgarians, accounting for 88%; other Turks, gypsies and so on Bulgarians love roses, and worshiped as the national flower they believe that the rose is with the goddess of love, Venus, so often used it to symbolize and convey love. And what are the Bulgarian wedding customs.

Bulgarian wedding customs, Bulgaria's capital Sofia 210 kilometers away from the village of Ribnovo is known for its unique wedding celebrations, the village was persecuted for decades, but the villagers have retained the traditional custom of winter wedding ceremony. The highlight of the ceremony is the makeup painted on the bride's face, which is thickly coated with white paint and embellished with colorful sequins, which looks frightening at first glance, and the snowy winter weather makes the ceremony even more special.The villagers of Ribnovo consider weddings to be a private ceremony, and only adult men are allowed to attend the weddings.

Bulgarian wedding customs two, Bulgarian Piltdown people, usually held on Sunday wedding. The morning of the wedding, the male matchmaker first went to pick up witnesses, and then the male witnesses, the groom, the matchmaker, and many friends and relatives in the drums and music, dancing in a circle, live and swinging to pick up the bride.

When the bridal party came to the bride's home, the host held up the bottle of wine, so that the guests to the mouth of the bottle one person to drink a mouthful of welcome wine. Then, part of the people went to buckle the bride's? The door of the bride's house? The bride's door was closed, and she sang a song. The song is sung by the bride's family.

A thick fog descends on the courtyard, the bride, don't hide, show your face!

Someone in the leap door answered:

Stop, brothers, knock slowly, how much is the girl worth?

Outside the door sang:

Open the door quickly, the girl inside is very beautiful.

In the duet, the person who held the door took the opportunity to put a pair of new shoes with banknotes inside through the doorway, and then the door was closed. The door to the room was opened and the woman witnessed the wedding. The door was opened, and the female witness (wife of the male witness) assisted the bride, who had long been groomed, to step out of the boudoir. At this time a woman at the feet of the bride to pour water, wishing her all the best after the wedding.

On the way to welcome the bride, the male witnesses held the bride's arm, the bridesmaid pulled her floor-length dress, well-dressed groom followed, joyfully to the local government hall, the marriage formalities.

The white carpet of the hall where the marriage was registered was strewn with rose petals. When the shoulders hanging red and white ribbons, chest pinned a symbol of youth of a few green leaves of the local government representatives declared the marriage legal, issued to the bride marriage certificate, the master of ceremonies out of champagne, invited the bride and groom to toast, the female witnesses also served sweets, dipped in honey were stuffed into the mouths of the bride and groom.

The ceremony hall is full of laughter, the bride and groom and their parents, witnesses lined up to accept the congratulations of friends and relatives.