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All wedding traditions

674 traditions so far, best known first. 108 more are on the list to be written. Filter by region, kind and stage of the wedding.

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🇰🇿 KazakhstanBetasharбеташар The lifting of the bride's veil by the groom's mother during a Kazakh wedding ceremonyRite · The ceremony

🇬🇪 Georgia and 1 moreTamadaთამადა The toastmaster who leads the Georgian supra and sets the rhythm of a wedding feast.Feast custom · The wedding feast

🇰🇿 Astana, Kazakhstan and 3 moreKara JorgaQara jorğa A traditional Kazakh song and dance that mimics the ambling gait of a horse.Performance

Photo credits on this page

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

Betashar: Steve Evans, CC BY 2.0, source
Kara Jorga: Ulan Alimbek, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
Tamada: Niko Pirosmani, Public domain, source

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