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Marriage in Romania

"Wedding" comes from the Greek term "gamosși", and from the Latin word 'matrimonium' and

means the physical union between a man and a woman, one of the basic laws of nature,

established by God since the beginning of human existence

!n the illages Romanians are getting married from the age of #$ years old ' %he wedding

&eason ' occurs when the wine is old enough and in large uantity (o wedding cannot take place

in the )$ days before *hristmas or +aster

&ome rural communities still call for matchmakers to -oin families in the making Where there is

not used any matchmaker, tradition demands that husband's parents ask for the girl hand from

her parents %he matchmaker uses a special poetry, also known as the wedding calling, an

allegory in which a young hunter goes for deer hunting

%hen the groom's family proceed from house to house with a bottle of plum brandy or inite

illagers to their son's wedding .ll take part in toast ceremony, and the drinking refusal is

euialent to initation refusal

/is godparents, or other close family friends, -oin to the church wedding and reception that will

last a whole night 0ne of the key moments of the ceremony is the bridal unplaiting, symboli1ing

the change of status, from girl to wife

 

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