Eureka Reporter | 1904-01-15 | Page 7 | Preparing Bulgarian Bridegroom for Wedding Ceremony

preparing bulgar an bridegroom for ng ceremony the shaving of the bridegroom on his wedding day is a bulgarian cus torn tom which h down from pre christian days Is still observed with due formal ty especially in country districts while the barber Is at his task a dancing crowd of young folks surrounds him and the bridegroom As the latter a hair is cut the snip pings ere carefully collected by some of the girls for preservation in one of the bride a chests the barber when his work Is done receives a small white linen cloth as a present and also a trifling sum of money from each person there then the bridegroom kisses the hands of all the girls washes his face and dons his wedding dress which must first be carefully weighed three times by one ot of the boys