Turkey's strange customs and traditions choose a bride in a bath

Men and women bathing together. You may not believe it at first glance! Being abroad is a very common thing. In the early days, Turkish baths were washed separately for men and women, but later evolved into today's men and women bathing together. If you travel to Turkey, World Customs Network, you can see local men and women taking a bath together in the shower center. When taking a bath, most people are bare and wearing a bath towel around the lower body. In the eyes of Turks, Turkish baths are holy places and holy places of God. There is no scruples or evil in cleansing the body in a holy place.

Originally, Turkish women who believe in Islam usually wear thick robes in addition to wrapping their heads and faces with headscarves. Outsiders cannot see the woman's appearance and figure clearly. As a result, the Turkish bath has become an important place for future mother-in-law to choose daughter-in-law. Generally speaking, the future mother-in-law, accompanied by a matchmaker, invites the future daughter-in-law to take a bath. In the bathroom, the future mother-in-law will not only look at the appearance and figure of her daughter-in-law, but also look at her pelvis. Only a woman with a large pelvis can bring good luck to the family with many children and many blessings. In addition, how the future daughter-in-law's body odor and whether she has body odor are also the focus of the examination. Since the Turkish diet is dominated by cheese and meat, heavy body odor is inevitable. A woman with body odor is considered unlucky, and people believe that it is because God punished her.

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is now open to society. Most men and women in Turkey fall in love freely. The practice of future mother-in-law going to the bathroom to choose a bride is more common in rural areas in remote areas. However, the "bridal bath" ceremony at the time of marriage is still preserved and has become a mandatory procedure for Turks to marry the bride.

When the bride marries into her husband's house on the first day, she has to take a shower in the Turkish bath. The man should prepare 15 to 20 pieces of new clothes, new pants, new shoes, new socks and gold and silver jewelry for the bride to wear after taking a shower. The bride entered the bathroom with these gifts from the man's family, and returned to the man's family after taking a bath. On the 40th day after the child is born, the mother will take the child to take a Turkish bath, enjoy the playing of the bathroom band while eating, and bless the child, perhaps making her own wish.