(Baonghean.vn) - Night wedding processions are considered a unique feature of many Thai communities. The processions take place at midnight. In the past, people only walked, but nowadays, motorbikes also join the wedding processions before the rooster crows.
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| About half an hour before the wedding procession, the stilt house of the bride Ngan Thi Ngoc in Trung Dinh village, Chi Khe, Con Cuong (Nghe An) was quite quiet. It was almost midnight and only the elderly in the girl's family were still awake. |
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| The bride, who had just finished school, was facing an important moment in her life. In just a few minutes, she would say goodbye to her family and follow her husband to become a daughter-in-law. According to the custom of the community, the bride had to wear a conical hat when she went to her husband's house. |
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| Everyone in the family was busy preparing to send the bride to her husband's house. |
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| After 12 nights, the bride was led out of the house by the groom and the matchmaker. According to Thai custom, the parents would choose a couple from their family to be the “matchmaker” for their son. Afterwards, the matchmaker and the groom were considered as their biological parents. |
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The bride’s dowry, including blankets, mats, cushions, and rattan chairs, was carried by young men in the groom’s wedding procession on motorbikes. The bride had also been taken away on a motorbike before. |
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| It was with great difficulty that this guy was able to control the motorbike carrying the dowry across the small and narrow bridge in the dark. |
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| The wedding procession arrives at the groom's house at an appointed time. The time is chosen by a shaman in the groom's family. Everyone goes to the house to perform the remaining rituals of the wedding procession. |
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The meal shared by the bride and groom, the matchmaker and close friends in the wedding procession is called the “red thread tray”. This is also the final ritual of the wedding night. |
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