🇲🇳 Wedding traditions of Mongolia
6 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.
| 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.
- Ala kachuu: Illus. in: Turkestanskii al'bom, chast' étnograficheskaia: ..., 1871-1, Public domain, source