The Sumter watchman. [volume] (Sumterville, S.C.) 1855-1881, 1870-12-07

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& ~ tsidss StSsSSg, BON ,xas s boy, Of 'sigh :
81 faeS r.who had alissay divorced former
ksMife;; : the BRIDE, q sussrt lookisg
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sgGssIsa sisitpta conus sqesdto arrive
&.atth brides fS6use, Nhere the veddi6g
\ :sWss ,us 30 cas6Satsd. These visitors
.wars rsSsived 10 two dIR.rens saloons. :,
IN the othar,. the bridegroem sudF b II
u fsiends received thS male guests. = This
/ separation Of tbe ssItss ~ feast 10, also
y derived from the T0fks. and Arabs, AZ
ksyour readers certainly wiIt'~knOw that
b Turkish houses are alwayA divided into
two distiuct habitstiuhs. one called the
@ iSSaIamlit, where the menreside aud re-
@s ceive their male visi,0rs aud the Other
8 che Harsn,,. or Harsnahh from the tie
4 brew aud Arab -oot,, tiieaniug diuidsd,
l ysparate0, aud not accursed, as some En
sst:- Rliah iranslatora errUneously make i,,)
rs \ where the-Mistrcss Or mistressss Of the
&: house with their femals attendants re-
q side, and there they receive their lady
y visitors. =.
" " The rich have their eunuchs to guard
+ their wives in that part OF tho building.
S,, No othcr.man ever enters there. The
sons Of the hUuse, IL above thirteen
Z years, cannot come there as long as the
81 other wives of their father reside there
\. The husband equally may not enter his
4 xiycs' room when pair of yellow slip
pers outside the door iDdicutes The pres
n. cpco ot strange woman. Through
&. these rigorous customs 6eithcr CHRIS
as tians nor Jews are permitted to reside
ElsT'in the regular Turkish quarters, as it il
B. not expected tna, they would turn their
heads another way ii, by chance, they
q should NEE: :he unveiled Fuce Of one 0l
q their Turkish wives. as the conscientious
/. Turk would Invariably do.
ks II is strange that the Jews should
D have adopted this unsociable custom oi
4 separation, which they practice, not only
q in their joys, but also in their
/. sorrows. When in the week 81
mourning for one Of their relutive.
& they receive, sittiug on the ground
j visits ot condolonoe, the sexes are thct
also separated, although drlicacies ar,
ssi3s freely handed around IN the shape y
mocha o"ff.e and cigarettes, whivh il
r. itself would look strange aud irrccuncil
able with our Western jewish notion.
of mourning visits
q TO return to.our wedding: l sait
that stream of visitors, in their ampl,
I Turkish robes, came in, or rather jump
e ed in, as itiis Turks custom that Wis
Y itor, when unce admitted within tn.
s door curtain, by the servant outside
I without further ceremony, salut,ng "l
noticing anybody, lie ente's the room
and jumps at once on the immemse lont
/ sofa then, spreading himself out in
|. ro>s-legged sitting posture, he make
3. his salom, or suluta,,on, to the .maste
E. Of the house next, he repeats the saln'
S.Y to every one separately in his turn, wh'
4 are all obliged to return this salu alton
B so that, witl+a goodly number oil visitor
ES- it is u rather ludicr0us scene to See al
IS this n,inirking and waving OF band
4 going on for some minutes, aud to b.
rs repeated as each fresh visitor enters.
E 1t is nottble that the Turks have
h more rational way of greeting than W
? do. Our way is certainly an unmcauini
= fashion, to show our cnrls or bare era.
f niums to our friends. The Turk am
h, Arab, OIL the contrary, never uucUve
E, their heads, not even for tho Sultan. K
b taot, there is nothing more insulting
F than when Turk in his anger bare
b his head, aud throws is turban or it
NJ TO the ground. They salute peocraIl
81, by moving their right hand % 'hei
X heart /; then they touch their forehead
and ul,crwarl their lips, inlica,i"
II Herewith that their hra,,s aud bra,
\ are checriully at your service.
X At about one o'clock, when all til
= invited have arrived, including til
Il Ghacham and his scribe, sweet r,e,erve
& in crystal vases are handed round =
+, However, before touching them viii
b your lips. good breeding requires .hu
a you should salute again wnh The usna
salun,. tho host, the CHochum. and tn
principal dignitaries. Previous to th
s ceremony, the afternoon prayers (min
{ cha) are read; then the young b''de
& K oum, dressed il sky blue colore
caiian or robe, is led by his father an
y near relatives from be suia to The ccu,r
\ uf tho room. The bride, dressed i
some bright culur,d silks, (more or les
f., OF European cut, as The Jcwcsscs hav
Is not adapted the Turkish femalc dress.
Il wears over her head u colorcd ganz
b covering, with pn'fusion oI gold t'"s
3 hanging d"wn in long strcamcrs fro,
\; lead to il"t, covering almost en,rcl
u her bushing iucc. lhcn follows ,h
most i'nposiug part, when the br:dn rror
the ladies assembly room is led by hr
I mother and friends to tho bridegroom
4 She walks SO slowly, and moves H.,
y bridal feet so impcrcrpiihiy, that fire.