Uzbek
national
wedding
The major holiday in life of any person is wedding. Traditionally neighbors, colleagues,
relatives from near and far cities and settlements, friends and acquaintances from mahalla
(local quarter) are invited for the ceremony, so in the end it comes as several hundreds of
people. In this connection for last decades in the cities they have built capacious wedding
restaurants which are called toyhona (“toy” is a holiday, “hona” is a room).
Modern Uzbek weddings take place mainly according to ancient traditions and ceremonies:
since early morning in the house of the groom national tools - karnay and surnay sound,
mother sees off the son, calling to him three times and at last treating with a sweet (to make
family life sweet), and he gives her a handkerchief with money; further the groom with
friends goes to the house of the bride accompanied by musicians, friends by all means should
dance on road, and time to time someone from them jumps up and tries to bring down a
wedding cap from the groom’head (even if he doesn’t wear it).
Beshik-toy
Beshik Toyi – a ritual solemnity related to the first put of the baby into the cradle. This is one
of the most ancient and widespread ceremonies in Uzbekistan. Usually this event is held on
the 7th, 9th, 11th day after the birth of the baby. In various areas of Uzbekistan, this ritual
takes place in a different way scale of the event depends on the family's income: rich families
usually celebrate this event widely inviting neighbors and most of the relatives. Families
with low income celebrate it moderately within the family. Beshik ("cradle") and other
necessary stuff such as baby table, clothes, toy and etc. for the baby are provided by the
relatives of the baby from a mother side. Baby's parents, grandparents prepare gifts. Richly
decorated beshik and gifts are loaded into the vehicle together with the guests. With sounds
of local musicians the vehicle goes to the house where baby is born. By tradition, delivered
beshik is taken on the right shoulder by baby's grandfather, and then passed to the right
shoulder of his son, who then delivers it to baby's mother. Guests are invited into the living
room to the rich table. In the next room, in the presence of old women baby’s clothes are
changed and put into the cradle. At the end of the ceremony, guests come to see the baby and
to deliver presents. When ceremony is over, guests go home with full of good emotions,
presents, wishing the best to the house and the hosts!
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