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FRIDAY At house of bride in Friday twist a chaplet ("solomon"). Boys and girls come and sing (in ukrainian) "Come, mom, to hous, you`ll help us to twine a chaplet. Twist, the chaplet, smoothly. We`ll go with you to people. Our glory will be. Come, mom, to us and buy the chaplet. If you don't want to buy - we`ll go to the jew and change chaplet on the three litres of gorilka ("gorilka" is ukrainian vodka)". Then a chaplet is put on special bres "kolach". Music plays. All make merry. SATURDAY. Bride and groom to marriage. They collect and sing: Become, mom, on a chair. Take from a shelf a comb and comb back a scythe light brown under a crown. Fathers and mothers bless the bride and the groom by "kolach" and by icon. Sings: Worship for mom 100 time. Many years, mother fed you, she have waited the worship. Then the bride three times bows and kisses a hand and knee of mother and father. When they goes to marriage, guests are sprinkling with rye with candies and splash holly water. The best man of bride bring two saplings (fir-trees) for groom and for bride. Bride and groom go to the church separately . They meet near a church and take marriage in a church. After output from a church the bride gives up the guests of candy. Groom and bride return after a divine service home other road. The friends of groov as rule want and try to steel bride. Near a house of bride all sing: Ouch, glad, mom, that took marriage your chield. You took yours and anothers. They together now. You was glad when swayed the your child, and now you must to be glad, because you have two chields! Guests sit down for a table and sing: Where that a head walks? What that a head does? Whether he chops firewoods, whether he carries water, why he doesn't ask us to eat and drink? Where is a head, where is a head, where did head go? The Head in the barn eats sour-creem. Ouch, a cook lay down hide sleeps, and head got drunk. It is a pity of vain master's work!" Guests eat, sing many songs and merry. After dinner a guest sing: The old Head like pigeon grey, Blow by a brow before a table, show weddings out of house, On a yard to go for a dance. Get up weddings get up, and give praise to honour God! Beforehand to God, honest table and owners, thanks for the beer and vodka! After it all get up, clap and go out to dance. In evening groom comes for bride. Heads fight by saplings. A sapling of groom wins. The sapling of bride put on a fertile sapling. Boyars (the honourable visitors) go to the house from kolach and sing: A young mrs.bride, dont amuse us, Let to us answer and send home us." Near the bride rye lies and she throw it to boyars, that those could not approach. Then boyars put a sapling and kolach on a table and the groom buys the bride. One woman who is has happy family fastens around of bride (on a shoulder) a wedding towel. The guests give the gifts for groom and bride. The bride sings: Get up, my family, stand in front of me, drink and come to me, I with complete pglass, I am with a good fate. I will mow a grass, and grass will turn yellow, Look people, that this man (about guest which gives a gift) will give me! Ouch, family, my family, grant me well goods, when I will be rich , I`ll give you!" Then the groom takes away the bride to his house. SUNDAY Comrades of bride carry to bride the breakfast. Guests meet at bride`s house, drink and eat. The best friends the bride carry a case from her house to the groom`s house. They arrive and sing: Go out, bride, go out, because your mom came to you. Mother of groom must go out from house with bride and groom. Be not frightened, matchmaker, that us much Seventy and three are in your garden! Then owners call the guests to the house. The bride sits on an pillow that lies in an arm-chair. Mother-in-law takes off a chaplet and bridal veil and puts on shawl. The bride must three times whip off a shawl, and then allow do it. Red beet, green tops, yesterday there was a girl, presently woman." Then the bride takes a crown ("velyon") and dancings with unmarried girls and boys under a song "Burned pine-tree, flamed" (this song is main traditional wedding song in Western Ukraine). Wedding ends with the songf "Many happy years." |
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