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🇲🇳 Wedding traditions of Mongolia

7 traditions from Mongolia, best known first, across 1 city and town.

A wedding in Mongolia, stage by stage

The customs written up so far, in the order a wedding unfolds.

Wedding timeline of Mongolia by stage
Finding a match	Ala kachuu
Engagement and betrothal	Ala kachuu, Heqin
The weeks before	Khata, Cloud collar
The ceremony	Deel, Cloud collar
The wedding feast	Biyelgee
Reception, dance and gifts	Khata, Biyelgee

Cities, towns and villages of Mongolia

Photo credits on this page

The small pictures above come from Wikimedia Commons under free licences. Some are cropped to fit.

Khata: Wiki-uk, CC BY 3.0, source

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