Jasper County Democrat, Volume 6, Number 27, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 10 October 1903 — Oriental Weddings. [ARTICLE]

Oriental Weddings.

At wedding, festivals in Arabia, Perala and Morocco the women guests hold carnival all day, sometimes several days, bnt the poor little bride is in a room by herself fasting. She is being “decorated.” Depilatories and tweesers remove all superfluous hair. She la scrubbed with pumice stone; her toes, fingers and hair are stained with henna, and her face is daubed with red and bits of gold paper. An oriental maiden bas no voice in the selection of her husband. Sbe seldom sees him till she is his wife, and he is not supposed to see her face until she .unveils after marriage. Sometimes Cupid gets ahead of parents and guardians, the “wind” blows the veil aside, and the young eyes meet. Then there is some anxious maneuvering that the elders may make the right selection. ~ ,