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Marriage Customs of the World: From Henna to Honeymoons КНИГИ ;РАЗНОЕ Автор:George Peter Monger Название: Marriage Customs of the World: From Henna to Honeymoons Издательство: ABC-CLIO Год: 2004 Формат: pdf Размер: 1,91Мб Для сайта: www.mirknig.comAn encyclopedia of marriage rites, traditions, and beliefs from around the world, ranging from ancient practices to contemporary ceremonies. Like other social rituals, weddings are filled with traditions that everyone accepts as meaningful and necessary. But when and how did all those necessary things originate? The bouquet and the white dress? The Huppah and the smashed glass? The Muslim wedding's henna night? Or even the notion that weddings should take place in churches? Didn't they always? Marriage Customs of the World: From Henna to Honeymoons cordially invites you to explore the rites, rituals, and iconography of weddings from around the globe. In more than 200 alphabetically organized entries, an accomplished folklorist describes the key components and beliefs related to marriage across a representative selection of the world's cultures. Tracing the evolution of wedding ceremonies from their beginnings to their contemporary forms, Marriage Customs of the World dispels many myths and uncovers a number of intriguing connections and variations across different peoples. Readers will learn that the church wedding was not practiced in Europe until the 16th century, that the white bridal dress is a 20th-century development, and that the canopy associated with Jewish weddings is also commonly used in Sri Lanka, Egypt, and Finland. Engaging, authoritative, and insightful, Marriage Customs of the World is the ideal reference for investigating both familiar and exotic practices and for exploring what is both specific and universal about the role of marriage in societies everywhere. 85 1 2 3 4 5 Getting Hitched By An Elvis Impersonator In Las Vegas. Sleeping On Limburger Cheese On A Scottish Wedding Night. From Arabic Weddings To Zulu Weddings, Marriage Customs Of The World Takes Readers On A Tour Of Customs And Ceremonies Associated With Marriage That Cross Cultures And Continents. More Than 200 A-z Entries, Peppered With Dozens Of Photographs, Reveal Both Striking Similarities And Dramatic Variations Among Marriage Rites And Rituals. Spanning Countries, Cultures, Religions, And Rituals, Marriage Customs Of The World Traces The Evolution And Current Practices Of Wedding Ceremonies, Dispels Myths Concerning The Origins Of Contemporary Customs, And Examines Changes In Attitudes And Legislation. From Arranged Marriages To The Huppah, Readers Will Discover How Weddings Confirm The Establishment Of New Family Units, Provide Financial Assistance For Couples, Bring Them Good Fortune, And Give Formal Recognition To Unions The Church Or State Might Not.--jacket. Abduction, Marriage By -- Aborigines (australian) -- Adultery -- Afghanistan -- Age At Marriage -- Almonds -- Anniversaries -- Anvil, Firing Of -- Arabic Weddings -- Arranged Marriage -- Ball Games -- Bangladesh -- Banns -- Barring The Way -- Ba'siller -- Bathing -- Bed, Marriage -- Bells -- Besom Weddings -- Best Man -- Betrothal -- Bidding -- Bigamy -- Bonds, Marriage -- Bosseler -- Bottom Drawer -- Bouquet -- Breakfast, Wedding -- Bride-ale -- Bride-cake -- Bridegroom -- Bride-price -- Bridesmaid -- Bridewain -- Broom, Marriage Over The -- Bundling -- Cake, Wedding -- Cana, Wedding At -- Canopy, Bridal -- Capture (kidnap), Of Bride -- Capture, Marriage By -- Cards, Wedding -- Cars -- Cats -- Ceremony -- Chamber Pot -- Child Marriage -- Chimney Sweep -- China -- Christian Weddings -- Church Porch, Weddings In -- Civil Ceremonies -- Colors -- Common-law Marriage -- Commonwealth Period -- Concubine -- Confetti -- Consanguinity -- Consummation -- Contracts -- Courtship --^ Creeling -- Crowns -- Customs -- Dances -- Dancing In A Hog (pig) Trough -- Days For Marriage -- Divinations -- Divorce -- Dowry -- Dress, Wedding -- Dunmow Flitch -- Egypt -- Elizabethan Wedding Party -- Elopement -- Endogamy/exogamy -- Engagement -- Epithalamium -- Etiquette -- Evil Eye, Protection From -- Factory Customs -- Fantasy Weddings -- Favors -- Feet -- Fescennine Songs -- Fiancé(e) -- Fleet Weddings -- Flowers -- France -- Garter -- Germany -- Giving Away -- Gloves -- Greek Weddings -- Gretna Green -- Gypsy Weddings -- Handfasting -- Hen Night -- Henna -- Hindu Weddings -- Home, Setting Up -- Honeymoon -- Hot Pot -- Huppah (chuppa) -- India -- Indonesia -- Irregular Marriage -- Islamic Marriage -- Israel -- Jamaica -- Japan -- Jewish Weddings -- Kuwait -- Leap Year -- Lord Hardwick's Marriage Act -- Love Spoons -- Maori Weddings -- Mass Weddings -- Matchmaking -- May, Marriage In -- Mexico -- Middle East -- Mormon Church -- Morocco -- Native American Marriage --^ Netherlands -- Niger -- Nuer Weddings -- Open Marriage -- Palestinian Weddings -- Paper Of Pins -- Penny Weddings -- Petting Stone -- Photographs -- Polterabend Party -- Polyandry -- Polygyny -- Posset -- Premarriage Customs -- Presents -- Proxy, Marriage By -- Purchase, Marriage By -- Quaker Weddings -- Quintain -- Racing -- Ribbon Girl -- Rice -- Rings, Wedding And Betrothal -- Rosemary -- Rough Music/rough Band -- Russian Weddings -- Sameh People -- Same-sex Marriage -- Scandinavia -- Shift, Marrying In A -- Shoes -- Shower -- Sikh Weddings -- Slave Weddings -- Soupe, La -- South America -- Spain -- Spousal -- Stafell -- Stag Night -- Stockings, Throwing Of -- Strawboys -- Suttee -- Temporary Marriage -- Thailand-- Threshold, Carrying Over -- Tibet -- Tokens -- Tree, Marriage To A -- Trousseau -- Turkey -- United Kingdom -- Unorthodox Marriages -- Valentine's Day -- Veil -- Wales -- Walking On Gold -- Wed -- Wedding House -- Wife-selling -- Wife-swapping -- Yemen --^ Yoruban Weddings -- Yugoslavia -- Zoroastrian Weddings -- Zulu Weddings. George P. Monger. Includes Bibliographical References And Index. Marriage Customs of the World: From Henna to Honeymoons......Page 2 Contents......Page 6 Introduction......Page 10 A......Page 16 B......Page 30 C......Page 64 D......Page 110 E......Page 126 F......Page 138 G......Page 148 H......Page 164 I......Page 174 J......Page 188 K......Page 196 L......Page 198 M......Page 202 N......Page 216 O......Page 222 P......Page 224 Q......Page 240 R......Page 244 S......Page 260 T......Page 282 U......Page 296 V......Page 300 W......Page 306 Y......Page 314 Z......Page 318 Index......Page 324 About the Author......Page 342