Cooking the food in big cookers to serve the guests.
The bride's car
(to pick the bride up on the road from her hometown)
The groom has red scarf on his shoulders.
People dancing while waiting for the other vehicle to arrive.
Bride arrives in the black vehicle - the white one was supposed to go and get her but it snowed that day, so the one on the right was sent to Elazig-.
Bride gets into her designated white car with the help of the groom.
Henna on her hands.
The convoy following the bride's car.
In the country, kids stop the bride's car and ask for money. This one was misled because the money in the envelopes was in the car in front.
People on the balcony of the house she'll be living in. They have fruits and nuts in their hands. They will be throwing them onto the newly weds for fertility and prosperity.
Nuts on the floor.
Inside, they keep dancing.
The food.
The red belt is wind around her waist 3 times by an elderly man, mostly by the father if he is alive. The belt stands for her virginity.
And weirdly the young ones asked her to throw her bouquet! This can not be local though.
As you can see after the guests are fed, and left, the bride gets out of the white gown and dresses in black and covers her face. The semiotics for the colors may just be coincidental.
I have missed the henna night as it was in another town.
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