This picture is titled \u201cChoosing a Bride on Christmas Eve\u201d. The text reads: \u201cIn some Russian villages it is a custom, that young women who wish to marry go to the house of the oldest person in the village on Christmas Eve. They all take a seat next to one another and are covered with a large cloth. Then, the young men of the village who wish to marry enter the house one at a time. If they bow before one of the young women, the elder raises the cloth and the young couple are considered engaged. However, the young couples usually arrange a sign of some sort in advance, so that the young man can recognize the women he wishes to select before the veil is raised.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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