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1. Death : Six-month zaduzhbina [mournign ceremony] for a son: food laid out on the grave

2. Weddings : The night after moving in, the mother-in-law puts a 'cake' in the bride's lap, the husband reaches in and is running...

3. Weddings : Father-in-law and mother-in-law conduct the bride to the gate

4. Weddings : Arrival of the bride: Mother-in-law walks around the horses holding a sieve, the bride is about to touch the sieve...

5. Weddings : [?] and divine virgin before heading forward [illeg.]

6. Weddings : Kanach [person ceremonially invited to the wedding]

7. Weddings : The brother brings out the bride from her parents' home

8. Weddings : The son-in-law comes back to the procession with wine; he faces 'kum' (village godfather) and 'starost'

9. Weddings : Saturday-Sunday night in the bride-groom's house. Dance. Bridegroom absent.

10. Weddings : The night after the arrival of the bride into the in-laws' home. All the time the bride with her sister-in-law and...

11. Weddings : Moving the bride to her in-laws' house. Way back. The groom leaves the escort behind and returns home to fetch wine....

12. Weddings : Preparation [for the feast]: the head of household slaughters a sheep

13. Weddings : Preparation for the feast: the head of household skins a sheep

14. Weddings : Transporting the bride by horseback(?)

15. Weddings : Bringing in; the bride descends from her mount onto a stool covered with man's trousers

16. Weddings : Botushke wedding. Bride's house. Pazarnak. Bridgegroom refuses to shake hands with the bride's relatives. He is...

17. Weddings : First night after ceremonial removal of the bride to in-laws' house: preamble to the feast; bride handing over wine...

18. Weddings : Wedding escort 'svadba' on the boundary of the two villages: in-law on the way to the bride's house

19. Weddings : Wedding procession, starting from the bride's home

20. Weddings : Young pair, Monday morning