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A cultural and traditional love.

Turkey is a country known for the beauty of its architecture and its gastronomy. The Turkish Wedding is characterized by being a combination of modern or contemporary weddings and traditions for the most special and magical date that a couple in love can have.

Turkish Traditions Wedding

One of their traditions is the time in which the wedding is celebrated, usually for 3 days and 3 nights. During the nuptials, traditional music of the region is played so that all the guests, in the different moments of the wedding, can dance and enjoy the ceremony.

Another tradition of the Turkish Wedding is that if the couple belongs to a small town, they make the whole community participate in the celebration, no matter if the wedding is celebrated by the church or by the civil part, they make sure that everyone can enjoy this beautiful moment.

Turkish Wedding Ceremony Traditions

In the Turkish Wedding the exchange of the rings is not during the ceremony as it is customary in weddings, it is done in the spiritual ritual prior to the wedding that they have as a tradition. The eldest member of one of the families is responsible for tying the rings of the couple from end to end after each one has it on the fourth finger of the hand, this tradition is called “Alyans”.

The night before the wedding, the bachelor and bachelorette party is held, as well as the closest friends, relatives of each is present to perform the night of Henna or Kina Gecesi, this cultural and traditional ritual of Turkish weddings is that the bride is applied Henna on the palm of his hand and the groom, on his little finger while traditional songs play in the background.

Turkish Wedding Dress

As a tradition, the bride wears a red veil or a ribbon around her waist in the same color to represent purity, luck and wealth, however, over the years, white dresses have become the protagonist of the Turkish Wedding. The groom’s suit is more traditional, if he wants to wear something different, he can wear a tuxedo.

Traditions of Turkish ceremonies

One of them is that the bride, before leaving her house, looks at herself in a mirror that will allow her to visualize the road that awaits her with a happy and lasting marriage, after that, they pick up the bride by car or horse to go to the altar.

The groom participates in a ceremony called “planting the flag” that takes place at dawn. The men participating in the wedding procession say a prayer at dawn, that is, before the flag is placed on the highest part of the couple’s house.

In the ceremony, to strengthen and confirm their union, the bride and groom should step on each other’s feet, and the one who does it first will have the last word when making decisions during the marriage.

Turkish post-wedding traditions

After the ceremony, a caravan of cars takes place. The bride and groom’s car should be decorated and join the caravan that is headed to their new home. Along the way, the children around will approach the caravan for the groom and the other people in the other cars to give them money, when the money is given to them they move away from the caravan and the road so that the bride and groom can continue their journey together with their guests.

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