Bride and groom look into a big mirror while old member of family knocks both their heads together

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Bride and groom look into a big mirror while old member of family knocks both their heads together.

Sex. · Marriage. · Marriage customs. · view the constellation · filed as T135.13

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India Thompson-Balys.

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Filed under Wedding ceremony.

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Marriage formula: "You are mine and I am yours" Touching of privates considered a marriage pact Wedding by proxy Groom's sword makes vermillion mark on bride's forehead as wedding ceremony Marriage by exchange of garlands Marriage by drinking festival. (Cf. T136.1.) The bride must have someone to give her away, usually her father or brother Two or more weddings at one time as the end of a tale Wedding ceremony in church Marriage custom: going round and round fire (pillar, etc.) Bride and groom drink from same cup as part of ceremony Bodies of would-be bride and groom besmeared with turmeric and mustard-oil Wedding-canopy over bride and groom Breaking a glass during wedding ceremony

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