Ornamentations at old weddings

Ornamentations at old weddings

by Bucharest etwinning team

The groom’s specific status signs: on the chest, the groom flower; on the body, a towel, tricolor/red ribbon; at the waist, a towel, a red girdle, scar, woollen gloves; carried in hand, a towel or a round canteen, an axe…

Aloysia flower, ribbon, tinsel, 2-3 gold coins

The groom’s head: natural /artificial/,wax flowers, wheat, barley ears, feathers (peacock, pheasant, turkey, rooster), strands of beads, gold or silver coins, red ribbons, metallic lace, small mirrors

HORA

THE GROOM WITH HIS FRIENDS

From Vrancea

The groom’s shirt

From Arges

From Brașov

To the weddings (Năsăud)

The groom’s friends

From Arges

Ornamentation of the bride: the wreath (flowers, wheat ears, coins, tinsel, colored ribbons, combs,beads), textile pieces (towel, thin homespun raw silk, scarf, embroidered bonnet, fez, veil, red veil as hood)

Bucovina