The constellation
T135 Wedding ceremony
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- Marriage customs · T130 entry
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- Marriage formula: "You are mine and I am yours" · T135.1 entry
- Touching of privates considered a marriage pact · T135.2 entry
- Wedding by proxy · T135.3 entry
- Groom's sword makes vermillion mark on bride's forehead as wedding ceremony · T135.4 entry
- Marriage by exchange of garlands · T135.5 entry
- Marriage by drinking festival. (Cf. T136.1.) · T135.6 entry
- The bride must have someone to give her away, usually her father or brother · T135.7 entry
- Two or more weddings at one time as the end of a tale · T135.8 entry
- Wedding ceremony in church · T135.9 entry
- Marriage custom: going round and round fire (pillar, etc.) · T135.10 entry
- Bride and groom drink from same cup as part of ceremony · T135.11 entry
- Bodies of would-be bride and groom besmeared with turmeric and mustard-oil · T135.12 entry
- Bride and groom look into a big mirror while old member of family knocks both their heads together · T135.13 entry
- Wedding-canopy over bride and groom · T135.14 entry
- Breaking a glass during wedding ceremony · T135.15 entry