The red apple tradition suits Armenians very well, it proves an Armenian girl’s modesty, about a correct family upbringing, confidently declared ethnographer Rafayel Nahapetyan, while speaking to journalists today on the topic of traditional weddings.\u00a0<\/p>\n
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“After a wedding couple’s first night, the mother-in-law [the husband’s mother] is in 7th heaven: taking the sheet in her hands, she comes out onto the street with a clear face, [and] shows the neighbors what a [good] moral family her daughter-in-law is from,” he said.\u00a0<\/p>\n
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The ethnographer also spoke on traditional wedding “institutions.”<\/p>\n
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“Out of the protected institutions, the best man’s institution has been preserved. In the old days, when the bride was in labor, the best man [which is “godfather” in Armenian] would climb up onto the roof and fire shots [with his gun] into the air so that the evil [spirits] would leave,” he explained, listing a few other preserved traditions, such as, for example, dancing gata (Armenian sweet bread), breaking a plate and laying lavash on the couple’s shoulders.\u00a0<\/p>\n
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“Armenian traditions [and] manners must be preserved: it’s as a result of their rapid change and elimination that we don’t have strong families today,” concluded Nahapetyan.\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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