Strange marriage: The bride's wedding turned into a zombie
on the morning of new year's day, the village of libnovo in the south-western part of bulgaria rose with young girls wearing coloured headscarves and gorgeous traditional dress coming to the central square to witness the wedding of uranova.
uranova, 21 years old, is getting married and elderly relatives are busy helping the bride prepare her traditional costumes.
the make-up artist first covered the bride's face with thick white paint, painted three red dots on both cheeks and eyebrows with lipstick, and then put petals and green leaf shapes on his face with various colours.
the bride's sister-in-law removes from the groom's cousin's head all the white bride's makeup that he needs, and the make-up artist wears these pink wreaths, bright red turbans on the head of uranova, and then covers the bride's face with silver.
the whole make-up process lasted about two hours, during which the bride kept her eyes closed until all the costumes were completed, and she looked at herself with a heart-shaped mirror.
no one can speak clearly of the symbolic meaning of the symbols of the white bride make-up.
the older make-up artist simply says that it is the tradition of the liebnoves, passed on from generation to generation.
it is said that such a white bride's wedding ceremony seems to be incomprehensible or even strange to the outsiders, even if the americans call it a zombie bride.
but the passionate libnovo laugh at it, because if you feel it and experience it with your heart, you can understand the meaning of the light of the miracle of life.
the white bride make-up process lasts between one and two hours, and no man is allowed to watch.
the bride kept her eyes closed and, after dressing up, she had to walk out of the room, under the guidance of the groom and her father, and face a white bride in front of the entire village.
with thick white coats on his face and a bride wrapped in scarfs of various colours, with a large coloured shawl full of exotic tone.
the groom often wears a dark suit and a light shirt.
the wedding usually takes two days.
the first day of the wedding ceremony took place at the man's house.
in accordance with local custom, the bride and groom should not wear green and flowery notes.
after the wedding, the guests danced in the squares of the village centre.
the next day, the wedding will be moved to the bride's house.
at that time, the bride's door was on both sides of the street, with the dowry everywhere.
from oven electric ovens, pots and pots, portable computers to clothing footwear.
the wedding is held for three days in a rich family, often ending with a mighty wrestling.
bulgaria was ruled by the ottoman empire of turkey for 500 years in the 14th to 19th centuries.
bulgarians who converted to islam are known as bomaks.
the pomaks live mostlyin the rhodobe mountains, the village of ribnovo is located in the rhodobe mountains.
they retained many bulgarian customs, which made the rodopian mountains rich in bulgarian culture.
the custom of white brides is preserved in another village in the area, except in the village of libnovo, but the tradition in the village of libnovo is better.
there's a myth, and one of them is.
a long time ago, young people in the village were going to be sheep's sheep at an early age, and they never had an opportunity to see the future bride before they married their daughters-in-law.
because these boys had no experience with girls, the elders covered their faces with thick white paints and lots of bright pieces, so that the boys learned how to be gentle with the bride when they had a piece of light.
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