Beverly banner. [volume] (Beverly, N.J.) 1877-1964, 1890-02-22
A GYPSY WEDDING.
The Simple Ceremony by Which aZigeuner
Couple Are Made Man and Wife.

Couple Are Made Man and Wife.
One day troupe of gypsies halted
in front of the Bohemian Mill, snug
looking mill, situated in the Viennese
suburb of Nuszdorf An old man with
a flowing white beard got down from
one of the carts belonging to the com
pany and inquired of the host whether
a gypsy wedding could take place
there, adding that they would pay
well. At the same time he exhibited
a paper establishing his identity as
Butura SINH, captain of gypsy tribe
mastering forty souls. The party
were invited to take up their quarters
in the garden attached to the prem
Uses Presently the hostess ventured
to inquire in which church the cere-
mony would take place. "Thy gar
den will be our church." replied one
of the band, land our captain is our
priest" In a short time the gypsies
got comfortably settled, and the men
with little trouble erected seven tents,
two of them being pitched short
distance from the five others.
In these two tents the bride and
bridegroom resided prior to their we'd
ding. The five others accommodated
the remainder of the party, which
consisted, in all, of twelve men, fif-
teen women and thirteen children.
The first evening was spent in carous-
ing at the inn. The next morning the
men surrounded the bridegrooms tent
and drank his health with brandy.
The women assembled at the brides
quarters and ate sweetmeats with her
On signal given by the captain the
whole party withdrew to their tents.
AT midday they turned out again in
holiday attire for the marriage cere-
mony. Capt. SINH wore dark green
dolman thrown over his shoulders and
a red waistcoat with large silver but
tons. He advanced slowly toward the
tents Two young men fetched the
bridegroom, while the bride was as
sisted by two old women. Two fddles
and two bassoons struck up Zigeuner
melody, sung in chorus by all present.
The bride and bridegroom were then
led before the captain. Yemra, the
bride, is a handsome girl of II, with
eyes and hair as black as jet. She
wore a red gown with white trim
ming and patent leather laced boots.
Katilu Gyefan, the bridegroom, is
well built youth of -and-twenty,
with a pleasant face, a black mustache
and bushy hair. A yellow scarf was
handed by an old man to the captain,
who bound it lightly round the wrists
of the happy pair, saying, as he did SO,
Man and wife must be bound to-
gether."
He then took an earthenware jar
and poured the contents "a small
quantity of wine-over their heads,
reciting words to this effect: Some
times wine is sour; SO is life. Some
times wine is sweet; SO is life. The
existence of Zigeuners is a mixture of
sour and sweet" He then took off the
yellow scarf and said: Eye are now
true Zigeuner couple"
This brought the ceremony to close.
The young people were congratulated
by their companions, and afterward
they all adjourned to the public room
of the Bohemian Mill, where feasting
and merrymaking occupied the rest OF
the day. The company left three days
later, the newly married couple travel
ing in commodious new cart, we'd
ding present from Capt. SINH. Vienna
Cor. London Telegraph.