Marriage by sale still exists in rural areas and small towns in Turkey. Robbed marriages are common, and it is often young men who rob their lovers and hide. The robbed girl will be regarded as an unclean woman by people. When the girl's father became a grandfather, the relationship between the two families was reconciled.
In Turkey, there is also a kind of "labor marriage", that is, young men from poor families often go to be "son-in-law" because they can't afford the dowry, and then get married after two or three years of hard labor in their future father-in-law's house.
Turkey also has two customs of exchanging brides. A young man has a sister who has reached the age of marriage, and the girl he likes has a brother. In this case, it is possible to exchange marriages. In rural Turkey, the marriage custom that a younger brother marries his older brother and leaves Frost as his wife is also very popular. Because widows can't get a dowry when they remarry, and they are not allowed to take their land, livestock and property. In Turkey, in some places, the wedding lasts for several days, while in other places, the wedding ceremony is very simple and elegant. The former is mainly in some rural areas.
Turkish wedding custom: the bride's pre-wedding bathing ceremony!
The day before the wedding, the Turkish bride will hold a bathing ceremony. On this day, the bride will invite her best sisters to Harman with laughter. The bride's bathing ceremony has two characteristics:
First, it takes a long time. People enter the bathroom after lunch, chat and drink tea in the lounge first, and then take a bath when the sun goes down.
Second, the bride's future mother-in-law must be invited to take a bath, meet and get to know each other. When the future mother-in-law attends the bride's bathing ceremony, she must bring a dress bag with the bride's new clothes.
After bathing, the bride takes off her old clothes and puts on new clothes, which symbolizes the idea of saying goodbye to the old and welcoming the new. It was not until dusk that the women walked out of the bathroom happily.