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What are the Tibetan wedding customs?
Nowadays, in Lhasa, young men and women can basically fall in love freely and get married independently, eliminating all kinds of rituals such as asking for relatives. As long as two of a kind, parents generally don't embarrass their children. However, on the whole, Tibetan families attach great importance to weddings. Before the wedding, they should prepare a few things: Tibetan tents, auspicious Tibetan curtains and curtains, highland barley wine, butter tea and beef and mutton, because these are the traditional symbols and characteristics of Tibetan weddings. On the wedding day, no matter the bride and groom or the guests, as long as they are Tibetans, they will wear their own gorgeous national costumes. At the appointed time, the relatives and friends of the couple will wait in the tent to receive the guests. After all the guests are seated, the bride and groom and their parents will sit down again. Then comes the formal wedding ceremony: the host announces the start of the ceremony-monks or famous people chanting prayers-guests present Hada to the couple and their parents, singing and dancing-entertainment-the couple toasts the guests-simmering mulberry-and the couple presents Hada to the guests. The whole wedding can be as short as one day or as long as several days. If it is several days, only on the last day will the couple toast, simmer mulberries and go back to Hada.
Although it is a traditional wedding, with the changes of the times, we are increasingly seeing how tradition and modernity can be combined at the wedding. First of all, the wedding place may not be at the bride or groom's house, the tent may be rented, and it can even be changed into a ballroom or a hotel. Secondly, guests' clothes are becoming more and more casual, and they don't have to wear Tibetan clothes. Third, in addition to highland barley wine, butter tea, beer and white wine also occupy an important position in wedding drinks, and buffet style has become fashionable. Fourth, the entertainment at the wedding is becoming more and more modern. In addition to traditional songs and dances, there are modern songs and dances, as well as poker and mahjong, especially mahjong, which occupy most of the wedding time and even simplify the traditional ceremony.
In a word, Tibetan marriage customs are colorful. Although the process from girls' love to boys' marriage is basically the same, each place has its own characteristics. For example, in a place called Maogong Village, when winter comes, young people will get together and kick shuttlecock. Nominally, this is entertainment, but in fact, it is to choose your lover from each other. Choose the right person and kick the shuttlecock to him. So, the little shuttlecock was married. In Zhanang County, the bride will take a pony and ride a mare to the groom's house. When the bride arrived at the groom's house, the whole family did not get up to greet her, but sat quietly. Otherwise, they think their good fortune will run away.
After decades of democratic reform in Tibet, the way of marriage has gradually changed. While maintaining traditional etiquette, there are fewer and fewer rigid things, which are gradually combined with modern ways, such as replacing horses with cars and traditional songs and dances with modern songs and dances, making the wedding here simple and grand. Let us feel the changes and social progress of all ethnic groups in Tibet through the small lens of marriage.
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