Marriage of the She

Especially interesting is the relation of the singing with the marriage of the She, before the wedding the fiancée competes in the village of his maternal uncle, and the fiancé in the village of the fiancée, singing during two nights. The same wedding day is prepared nothing, and the fiancé, singing every song, that of the Toothpicks, that of the Wine, the Meal, is achieving that every thing is appearing. And at the end of the holiday, he sings the songs again the other way round so that the table is gathered. Then they say good-bye to the relatives of the fiancée, and to his ancestors, and move away singing under two sunshades to house of the parents of the fiancé. Where she also has to sing.

The meetings of singings also were serving like leakage valve for a society in whom the parents were arranging the marriages, therefore there were many that did not love his couple, and were meeting his lovers in the occasions in which it was sung. The young people had prematrimonial relations.

Throughout the year there are several musical meetings: one of the sixth lunar month, seven of the seventh lunar month, fifteen of the eighth lunar month, nine of the ninth lunar month and at the beginning of the autumn. During the same hundreds of young people She meet outdoors, to sing during the entire night.

The She they do not like marrying those of the same surname, but how only there are four surnames between them: Bread, Lan, I Read and Zhong, they do it if they are not nearby relatives. In his weddings almost always there intervenes a matchmaker who can be an uncle of the fiancé or a singer. As well as a priest to fix the date of the marital union according to the dates of birth of the fiancés.

Since in the weddings numerous gifts were exchanged, the poorest families had other types of marriages that were relieving the pressure on his economies, like the adoption of girl - daughter-in-law or child - son-in-law.

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