Marriage

Upperclass

The light filtered in the arched windows stained reds, blues, and purples across the floor. red formal dress of loose skirts and belled sleeves that stopped short halfway down the arm. reserved for just such a ceremony. heads adorned with golden veils each made from the same cloth to bring unity to the two houses. Hands stained with inverted henna so that the fit into each other like mosaic tiles. she glided across the floor to her new husband, head down so that he could not see her eyes.the interlocked hands before the high priest. who began to clap and chant the blessing words. asking the gods to bind them as tightly as they were bound asking that their marriage bring prosperity to each other and to the country. he wound the blue glass chain around there entwined hands and then held out the ritual honey wine cup they took it together and sipped him first then her. The poured the rest into the sand-filled ornate bucket, before following the grain littered path to the secluded marriage room.

Common people

Execution

The inverse henna signals the cooperation necessary to run a joint household. the bindings symbolize both a spiritual binding but also link that to the ribbon that links the gods. families follow the mother typically save for the case of the king whose family is demanded by the gods and as such contains only the people who marry in. princesses are considered to be of the queens family and it is her job to arrange a marriage for them when the time comes. matches when made are decided ultimately by the female elder.

Components and tools

Cloth or gemstone chain. Honey-wine or watered down tzain juice, nice clothing. a bowl of sand.

Participants

The bride and groom (or in theory multiples.) and a priest or headman as available.

Observance

Lower classes typically celebrate in the beginning of harvest so there is grain to spare.

Related Ethnicities

• Var-Demal