🇦🇲 Wedding traditions of Armenia
7 traditions from Armenia, best known first, across 1 city and town.
A wedding in Armenia, stage by stage
The customs written up so far, in the order a wedding unfolds.
| Engagement and betrothal | Xwedodah, Kelaghayi |
|---|---|
| The weeks before | Lenten veil |
| The eve | Kelaghayi |
| The ceremony | Halay, Lenten veil |
| The wedding feast | Kochari, Karsilamas |
| Reception, dance and gifts | Halay, Kochari, Karsilamas |
Cities, towns and villages of Armenia
🇹🇷 Kayseri, Turkey and 4 moreHalay
A traditional line and circle dance performed across Turkey and surrounding regions at weddings.Performance · The ceremony
🇦🇲 Armenia and 1 moreKochariՔոչարի
A circle dance from the Armenian Highlands that marks weddings and community gatherings.Performance · Reception, dance and gifts
🇹🇷 Turkey and 5 moreKarsilamaskarşılama (Turkish), καρσιλαμάς (Greek)
A face-to-face folk dance in 9/8 time that marks the joy of wedding gatherings across the Aegean.Performance · The wedding feast
Photo credits on this page
The small pictures above come from Wikimedia Commons under free licences. Some are cropped to fit.
- Karsilamas: Maximilian Dörrbecker ( Chumwa ), CC BY-SA 2.5, source
- Halay: Post of Moldova, Public domain, source
- Kochari: Hayordi, CC BY-SA 4.0, source