Show WEDDINGS IN CORSICA Peculiar Features Feats of the te Ceremony as Performed There Thee Household Hosh Words Many Man of the customs of this charming island inland isan have fallen falln into die dis dI disuse use ue except in mountain districts and andin an andin in villages mages remote rte r enot from the son sea s One On of the th most mot interesting among them is iste the a kind of barrier which te kin 0 bair stops stop the th brides procession prin as a she is isbn being bang conducted to her I he husbands vii vil village lage The whole of her attendants must succeed s in passing pang this ti barrier without touching it or o she must mus pay a tribute py Early in the morning moring of the wed wedding wedding ding day da a crowd of relatives we and friends fres assemble in the market place of the brides village the th youths armed arm their guns loaded loe pistols charged anti and ad belts well furnished with ammunition amm n They T arrive are by b all al the mountain paths most of ot them on in their Sun Sunday Sunday day da best bt The bridegroom is led l for forward forward ward by his father he b enters ente the te vii vil village U lage receives r his bride and leads her heroff hero heroff off o but at the th th end en of o the th village there is a triumphal arch arh and an under uner it the passage pe Is I obstructed by b a belt of rib ribbons hens bons stretched from one on side to the theother theother se other oUter When we the te bride reaches the arch archone archone one of ot the elders eders of or the t village stands stans stanson on the other side of the ribbon barrier brier and delivers delver a speech Why do you ou leave us u he says sass to the t bride Were you yu not happy happ with us u Had a you not nt your father to t pro protect protect tet you ou your our mother mt er to love you u your or brothers brother to defend you fertile fertie SeWs fields in which to feed fe YOUr Socks flocks as a well we as asa asa a healthy hethy habitation in the winter wlter sea season s season son and a holy church for tor the feast fet days ds Again An young woman oa why will you j O leave us u The bride leaning leing on the barrier brier in stets slats and gives gns her reasons rt ons then places a small smal purse pu in the orators hand band This contains contin an offering for the church and for the the h an s f village The ribbon te i j then ten detach i t rt tt t bride passes P and aD at the same mane ir m a af aJ U start th the f J yong young off oaf F P pp or oC f the th wed sf e I F p sar 0 spurring sparring OB on O their thIr h i r tee m th the e effort to be b b the th first fr to r a au i h tf bems se In B which i 1 IC the residence of TT ren the bridal s It i fIrst the J t to arve has h ha th U t the b ru right t r t Tak t Tr SI keys of ot the the th house prent pr ding to nth th the feast fet fe bride and aD do 0 h honors hr of t the n he hf W J During Dazing Durn this time the r C t l t ly ade advances s At the t tl entra t ti village vIage barrier is another arch ah ar and 1 a an t h bl Another orator a as He first 1 firt of ot all al addresses t h i i youths asks ak as who wh al they Ule are ae ar a an 5 j he hethe n n they the came ea whether fc ir c fr as a n emles emi and an demands the t u ual tnt tc ur t One of o them awe re that thai t tb Y Yas v vas as a friends frs and A as a proof of tb r J fn n nl ship escort cst a bride be whose who w l aU T wil df delight tent the th village via and wn whose tul 11 wi will gladden the th heart aD and ADd hone home of or e of the bravest Th or orator o bret among them ator then turns a to th hr hrIC and an d de ms what she intends i s t 1 p and an what is I the th family fi wh h e tender tenderness ness flees ne she sh expects to t share The bride responds s not without with Ut e tion tn speaks sp reps of her n fl no f i br er o h ati 1 He duties of o the th friends she ha has ha n those thOe she sh hopes hp to have bats Ine and ad W tn tb orator orates in hi the wish wis that th her b may maybe la lab maYbe be b a blessing blin to t herself belf and ad t the ibe th 1 A ascend time the pur e t s IS given a 8 second time the harner namer towered lowered gy loer The T procession precession tM enters th to village and the h b u age proceeds pod to 11 an pm t where the winner of the keys is ising i wait alt alting U tl o at ath ing to present them th the bride brt bI w IS home h and a the th festivities commence |