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JUNE 27-JULY 1; JULY 4-8,2018 LOG SHEET #7 SMITHSONIAN FOLKLIFE FESTIVAL AUDIO/VIDEO LOG SHEET LOGGER NAME: Ingeborg Holt RECORDER 1 NAME: Hyurasenyak 1 FILE NAME: HYURA1_0113.WAV RECORDER 2 NAME: Hyurasenyak 2 FILE NAME: HYURA2_0437.WAV PRESENTER: Niery Grace Bradakjian DATE/TIME: 7/8/2018 5pm PROGRAM: ARMENIA STAGE: HYURASENYAk GROUP NAME: SESSION TITLE: Wedding Celebrations and Dances [[2 columned table]] | PARTICIPANTS | INSTRUMENT/OCCUPATION | | --- | --- | | bride | Mariam Hovhannisyan | | groom | Stepan Toroyan | | godfather | Arsen Vardanyan | | mother in law | | | best man | | | priest | | [[left margin]] Armenian [[/left margin]] Wedding starts at the tree of life Weddings don't require invitations, anyone in earshot of music can attend. Groom holds the tree of life Bride and groom have bread, put it over their shoulder. brides mother feed bride and groom honey for sweetness and candy is thought to spread sweetness bride receives ring from the groom and mother in law and then can sit as she is aligned into family God father gives a speech Red & Green are wedding colors Red & Green considers / color red is symbolic / blood The God father "whips" the bride and wishes her to have 7 sons & 1 daughter God Father Sings The gift ceremony - gifts are presented to participants by dancing The bride is given a big bag to sit on her lap Then the dowery presented by mother in law mother in law receives a gift prior to the presentation of dowery The dowery is also shown to the guests good handiwork is associated in good eye site