FEATURES OF THE LITHUANIAN TATARS’ TRADITIONAL RITES IN THE EARLY 20TH CENTURY: A WEDDING CEREMONY (BASED ON THE LITHUANIAN TATARS’ MANUSCRIPTS WRITTEN IN ARABIC SCRIPT)
Journal: Tatarica
Year: 2020

This article examines the features of the wedding rite and festive speeches during the Lithuanian Tatars' wedding ceremony (Nikah). The wedding ceremony is one of the most unpretentious rites, which has changed insignificantly since its origin. In the tradition of the Lithuanian Tatars, the most interesting moment of the wedding ceremony is a solemn speech (sermon) pronounced by the imam. The wedding ceremony is quite fully described in S. Kryczyski's monograph "The Lithuanian Tatars" in the par