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Specializing Boarding School N°43, Bulakbash
Abdulatif Irgashev Uzbek Weddings They are a big tradition in our Uzbek life. We need to have a lot of money to make weddings. Therefore, parents usually gather money all most of their life. To "give" daughter to another family, parents gather a lot of things like "40 kurpas, 30 tushaks (special things to sit on and sleep), 25 pillows". Kurpa and tushak are special covers, dresses for new brides, for parents of groom, for close relative's shelves, bed, curtain and other many things. New bride can live with these things. To hold usual wedding is very expensive. That’s why we have such tale, “if parents have 3 daughters paradise doors are open to them”. During the whole life, parents economize their money for doing beautiful dowries for their daughter. That’s why usually Uzbek people don’t travel around the world. By a tradition, first, groom’s parents go to the bride’s home to ask if parents agree to connect their children’s life. Before going to bride’s home, they ask from everyone: neighbors, teacher and from other bride’s friends to find the answer for the question “what kind of girl is she ?” The groom’s side usually asks many questions. Who were seven ancestors of this girl ? Does she cook well ? Is she going to be a good house wife or good wife for their son ? Usually Uzbek boys agree with their parents’ choice. Then parents or boy’s grandparents go to the girl’s home to ask girl’s hand. When they go for the first time to the bride’s home, boy’s side brings 10 “nons”, sweets and white dress for new bride with themselves in a white tablecloth. There are symbolic for each of these things. For example candies “New couples life will be sweet as candy”, white tablecloth means future bride’s sole to be as white as that tablecloth. If the bride’s side agrees, they share non, and they give many handkerchiefs for the groom. “Ok kiydi” means “white dressing” and it symbolizes that new couples are engaged. After “ok kiydi” groom’s side should bring 80 kg of refined cotton and 60 kg of flour and some other candies. What do you think ? Bride’s side gives more things than groom’s side. They buy all dresses for groom. Usually in zags new couples of friends go to eat ice-cream and put flowers to Al-Fargoniy. After this, they go to the registration office (in Uzbek it is zags). In registration office they sign some documents and they will be married legally. After this ceremony new couples go to the boy’s home. When they will be coming to the groom’s house, candies are spread over their head. It means new couple’s new steps will bring happiness to this home. After this they go back to the bride’s home for religious agreement, which will be hold by Domla. In this ceremony uncle of the groom should pay some money for bride’s aunt. Because the aunt grows such a beautiful girl for uncles’ cousin. If the money is not so enough, girl’s side usually can make “discounts” with the boy’s relatives. During entreat domla asks 3 times, if the girl agrees to connect her life with the groom. If the girl is not against getting marry to the boy, after this ceremony they go to the brides’ home to have our big wedding party. There will be Uzbek singers who sing really fast songs. Everyone dances and congratulate new brides. In the wedding bride usually wear a white dress. In Uzbek it is “kelin kuylak”. The girl often cries a lot when she is saying “bye” to everyone. Usually new “kelin” go from her parents’ home forever. By the way to the boy home kelin’s relatives sing a song. Usually kelin’s relatives go to boy’s home by bus. In the bus they sing our traditional song. This is “yiglama yor-yor to’y saniki yor yor”. It means : “don’t cry, this is your day, why are you crying, on this day you should be happy”. When the bus come to the boy’s home, boy’s mum gives sweet water. Then the boy bride carries her down the bus. If the boy side doesn’t give a knife to the girl’s brother, the bride will not get off the bus. Near the boy’s home, there will be often have a fire and new brides should walk around the fire three times. It means that new brides’ life will be so warm as fire. After this the wedding starts. First, bride should pray for everyone and to the boy’s relatives, neighbors. For this moment we’ve a special song. After this songs end, the wedding party will begin, fiancee’s and bride’s friends congratulate them. After 5 or 6 hours long party wedding ends. On the second day there is another part of the wedding called “Yuz ochdi”. It means “face opening”. Only women participate in this ceremony. The bride wears a handkerchief covering her face with it. Fiancee’s nephew opens her face later. The Fiancee’s side gives gifts to the bride. After 10 days another ceremony, called “Ota ko’rdi” takes place. The bride’s father brings gifts to her daughter. The bride can’t go to her own house unless her parents call her with another special ceremony. This is the end of our National Uzbek wedding. Hope you like it. Too hard, isn’t it ?
By the Specializing Boarding School N°43, Bulakbash The life of the Uzbek families Ordinary Uzbek families are very big. Every family has 10 or more members. They all live together in a big house. When children grow up, some parents send them to study in an institute or university. Some parents send their children to colleges. After finishing their studies, parents marry them. Brides also live with their mother-in law and father-in law. When they have their children, the parents build a new house. The new family moves into the new house, but all the ceremonies, weddings of the new family are held in the big house.
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