Customs and traditions of marriage in Sohag..from the bride’s choice to Hadiya Al-Sabahiya
Amman Today
publish date 1970-01-01 03:00:00
Sohag governorate is famous for its green lands, clean air, and the shining golden sun, in addition to the kindness of its people who stand next to each other in good times and bad, and they also have distinctive customs and traditions, especially in marriage customs, which we review in this report.
The most prominent customs and traditions of marriage in Sohag
The basis for choosing the bride and groom
Families in Sohag governorate are keen to marry their relatives or neighbours, in order to follow the popular proverb “what we know is better than what we don’t know.”
marriage
gold price
When a man proposes to a woman, he agrees with her father about the price of the net. In average families, the value of the bride’s net is 10,000 pounds. At the wedding, it is renewed with the difference being paid, which may amount to 5,000 pounds, while the value of the bride’s net in wealthy families ranges from 200,000 pounds. to 500 thousand pounds.
Celebration in Sohag
henna night
The newlyweds are keen to hold the henna night, but it does not depend only in Sohag on drawing delicate artistic forms on the hands of the bride, but it is a prevailing belief there that the bride who refuses henna refuses to have children from her husband, so the bride must put henna on her hands and feet Men put henna on their palms and feet.
henna bride
bride point
The “points” are given at the beginning to the mother of the bride and groom from the neighbors and relatives, and this is an old custom intended to exchange money at weddings, then the bride and groom drip from their father and mother as well as their siblings, but there is no specific amount as it varies according to the material and social status of the person who distributes the point.
morning gift
In the early morning, on the first day of her marriage, the bride is keen to present a gift to her mother-in-law, as she expresses her love for her and her willingness to open a new page with her full of love. The rich bride presents gifts of rings, chains and guises, while the bride who belongs to a middle-income class presents pieces of clothing and furnishings.
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