THE LEBANESE TRADITIONAL WEDDING.
Still the old traditions and customs of lebanese society the gold key of memories that opens their hearts and return them to the past days :Days of real living.
The old customs and traditions still practiced by some Lebanese people special in Baalbeck city.
The most main thing that we must on it the history of Lebanese wedding that consider a main part
In the history of Lebenese traditional wedding.
DO YOU WANT TO KNOW HOW OUR WEDDING HAPPENS?
The Lebanese traditional wedding has agreat place in the hearts of the lebanese people for it pictures.
The simplicity of the past and the happiest moments.The Lebanese wedding has special traits which
Characterised the Lebanese community.
This special occasion usually needs some preparations and predispositions from the side of bride and the
groom and even of the people of the village in addition to the kins and neighbor as if the bride and the
groom were their siblings.
Usually a deal beetween the two families occurs directly after getting mutiral acquiantance.so the groom
Family offers the dowory which
Is a sum of money or jowels or some thing else .
After all these they appoint the wedding line and they invite all the relatives , friends neigh bours and all the people of the village by visiting them one after another .
After that the members of the 2 families stort to prepare the place for this great celebration which usually takes place in the villages main yard among the dancing brees and place with fresh and natural flowers from different leinds and colors ; they prepare also the traditional at home which usually used to be very delicious and tastay few hours before the wedding . The bride used to be token to a borbers shop for arranging her hairs style and makeup . Then she chooses her white wedding dress with white shoes and a long white shawl over her head . The groom has also his share in being taken to a special barber to get a hair cut and then his kins and friends dress him . The Lebanese traditional black pons a white shirt and a red that
All attanderts are delights and joyful waiting for the bride and the groon with excess pleasure and excitements .they come an a blach cavage with 2 hours surrounded by people fromall sides , As the hours and approach the main yard .
Women begin clopping and y alring welcoming the spouses , men begin to pipe their instruments and children stort to throw flowers andrice over the spouses for blessing . They also give the spouse apoir of white pigeons to release in the shy as a symbol of freedom .
When the bride Wales down the cavage , children follow her to hold her long white shawl until she sits beudes her partner on their special stage . After that each one of the guest takes his place some are sitting others are dancing and many others make circular vaws to practice the lebanese traditional Dabkee accom accumponed by yhe sounds of drums and pipes . They practice this Dabkee with high skill in an argoinzed manner making special movements . wearing unique clothes and one of them at the end of the row holds a white napkin and whirling it with his hands .
They also practice another special dance performed only by two young persons wearing the Lebanese traditional custom each one holding a sword in one hand and shield in the anther hand , then they stort the contest in a calm way acting in a very effective and wand erful way .
More over the bride and the groon shore in a dance with their guests in a circular dance surrounded by children who turn around them like butter flies . when they finish their dance the spouses receive the worm wishes from all guests
Who congratulate them on the stage and hope for them . life full of love , happiness has more at the end of the porty , the bride stands turns her head to the guests and the single young women stand directly behind her ; so the bride throws the bunch of roses that she carries on them and if any one of them get it , will indicate that she will be the next bride .
Finally they meet all together in a special dinner prepared by the family of the groom from the best lebanese traditional food like Taboleh, kibeh
.etc then the bride bide her family a farewell with tears that . Happiness for her marriage and sadness for being away from her family and the home of child hood .
I am really proud of our own wedding and respect it from my heart and also respect your culture because we are brothers in humanity unless we have different reghounse and traditions so , let us build a bridge of communication to know more about your culture and also mine .
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