Turkish Weddings Traditions

Turkish Weddings Traditions

Last day our Tourism Travel Turkey team wrote about interestign turkish traditions and today we will write about weddings traditions.We will write about traditional anatolian weddings, how is process about it.What they are doing, families,couples and friends.When you travel Turkey can see some regions that type of weddings but its very rare but people still doing that traditions some places in anatolia.

• Once upon a time mothers and older persons of family choose brides even couples see each other at wedding.Mothers go to Turkish bath for to look at bride.When like a girl for her son she search girl's family.Than go to girl's home.Its as a lookout team.If they like girl and her family come back again.

• When they like girl they come again  for to want her as a bride from her family.If girl's family allow they can marry but if they do not want they cant marry.

• Boy's family give money to girl's family.ıts bride price but recently do not do that tradition.

• If they accept about marriage they talk about what they will buy for marriage.

• When they come second time for allow marriage girl make coffee and add salt groom's cup.If groom drink it, it show that he will be good husband
• Girl's make handworks and share her dowry for guests.If  she has much dwory , it show that bride is talented.

• Turkish traditional weddings start thursdays or friday and it take about 3 days.

• Traditional Turkish bride's costume was red but about 80- 90 years girls prefer white costume.

• Girl's brother or father (if she dont have brother) tie red belt while bride go our from father home.Its mean we grown up our girl and save her and her virginity.Now that duty is her husband.

• Before wedding ceremony girls make henna night and just groom can join it.When dab henna girl do not open hands before for to take money and gold from mother in law.

• When come to take bride, a little son sit on dower-chest and groom or his father give money for to take it.

• Once upon a time groom's family and guests come with camel or horse for to take bride.But these days there are cars for it.But still there are that tradition in anatolia.

• While bride go out from her afther's home she break little cruse or jug.Its mean give up her bad features at her father's home.

• Couples invite their relatives and friends and they bring money or golds for to give them.

• When finish wedding ceremony couples go for first night.After first night they had to show sheet with blood.It was important to to show brides virginity.Virginity is important for Turkish culture.

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Top interesting Turkish traditions

Top Interesting Turkish Traditions

Turkey has a rich traditions.Some tradtions come from middle asia too.Today I will write about some Turkish tradtions maybe they can be interesting and strange for foreigns.We have different traditions for many situations.Our weddings, festivals, birth,ramadan..

Turkey travel team collected some interesting traditions for our followers.

• Turkish people kiss their older people hands.Its a respect ritual.  It can be interesting because foreign people kiss woman's hands.But our different and we show our respects to older persons.

• When our sons go to army( In Turkey when male 20 years old they join army, its duty for a year mostly) their family and friends created a celebration and dab henna their hairs.Its mean I grown up my son for motherland and he is my sacrifice for motherland.Motherland is holy for Turkish people.

• Before ramadan and  sacrifice eid womans clean all home and make baklava for guests.Youngers visit olders and olders give money childrens.Childrens visit every home in their neighborhood and take sweets.Parents buy new clothes for kids and everybody wear news clothes in eids.

• When couples have a baby, their family and friends visit and give presents.An older person say baby's name its ear and adhan.Baby can not go out 40 days and take bath               frequently.

• Once upon a time our older person decided our marriage and mothers  go to Turkish bath for to look at bride.Than say her son I like a girl for you and we will go to see girl at home.Than they go and if they like go second time take permission for marriage.But these days everybody find their partner.But that tradition continue some regions in anatolia.

• When go to permission for marriage bride make coffee but she add salt groom's cup.If groom drink, its mean he will be a good husband and will do everything for his wife.

• When our relatives or friends go to hadj holy lands we visit them.When they come back they take presents for relatives and friends and we visit again for to celebrate their hadj.

• When someone dead, their son or daughter call all of relatives and friends for funeral.Their neighboor bring meals their home. They do not cook in dead home just read Quran about 7 days than they make it after 40 days and 52th days.

I will continue to write about that subject especailly we have dfferent tradtions about weddings.They are interesting too.

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