Essay About Tajik Wedding

A Guide to Tajik Weddings

Weddings are an occurrence that should only bring joy and happiness to everyone involved but I am certain that you have never experienced the lunacy of Tajik weddings. Young children flood every millimetre of the dance floor- feeling certain that they will be the next generation 's Michael Jackson. On the other hand, adults produce erratic arm movements whilst springing into jerking movements with their feet. Without context one might believe they were pagan maniacs or performing the c-walk. You might think that at least the adolescents would be awkward or unwilling to part-take in the madness, however the music is remarkably infectious- it spreads around savagely like a viral disease...sparing nobody.
Before the ceremony

The wedding now begins. The morning is greeted with the titillating aroma of food accompanied with a colossal wave of guests, (ninety percent of whom most likely just came for the food). The ‘Dasarkhon’ is practically painted with food - there is no visibility of the expensive, heavily embroidered tablecloth. Unlike having a 3-course meal everything is laid out together allowing people to simply snatch whatever food they please. You could say that dining in a Tajik wedding is the same as an all-you-can-eat-buffet; it is also arguably one of the only excusable and somewhat justifiable times to ask a non-pregnant woman if she is

It would be virtually impossible to spend any wedding in silence, nevertheless a Tajik wedding. There are a few general groups of people who can be categorized: children, elderly women, brides’ friends, men, and women. Men and women sit in separate rooms for most of the wedding - the women sit with the bride, men sit with the groom. The elderly women like to reminisce about their weddings while enjoying gossip about the bride or groom. The children’s main topic of discussion is usually about who they think can devour the most food the