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A Servian Wedding.
A SERVIAN WEDDING .
As towards the hour of noon Ave entered the small town of Orawitza , our ears were assailed Avith sounds more merry than harmonious , proceeding from a band of musicians issuing from the gate of the town . " We are in for a Avedding , " exclaimed my companion . " We travellers , " I replied , " see life under many phases ;
sickness and death , robberies and ruin , love and matrimony , succeed each other in quick succession , —all in the space of twenty-four hours . What can heart desire more ?" As we drove on , we found our anticipations realised . A longprocession of holiday folk came marching down the narrow street , accompanying two individuals on their way from the
Arcadian groves of loA'e into the sorrowful vale of matrimony . Amongst civilised nations , these melancholy rites are performed in solemn silence ; the parties meet their ineA'itable doom Avith quiet resignation . But in regions less blest , amongst people to whom God has left the simple manners and unsophisticated feelings of nature , these nuptial ceremonies are consummated to the sound of pipe and tabor , Avith song and dance ; perchance
in the hope that , amidst these sounds of revelry , the A'ictims may still dream on their dream of bliss . The most momentous eras of the life of men are those of his birth , marriage , and death ; and in the ceremonies attending these periods in different countries , the peculiar character and national customs of a people are chiefly marked .
We dreAV up on one side the narrow street to allow the procession room to pass . In front marched two hussars , in their full gala costume ; AA'ith staves uplifted , " drest in a little brief authorit y , " they were tlie impersonation of municipal power . They found occupation enough , —UOAV clearing the roads of all obstruction in the shape of carriages and horses , —UOAV charging
a rabble rout of dirty urchins , AVIIO hung like a cloud upon the rear aud vanguard of the procession . The dust they raised Avas fearful ! Four Wallachians ' Aveii-mounted followed these municipal hussars ; they rode Avithout saddles or stirrups , and Avere curiously adorned Avith flowers ; the horses had evidently been regaled Avith an extra feed of corn to arouse their mettle ; their riders Avere dressed in Avide sack-like breeches , red and blue embroidered shirts , long sleeveless linen jackets of Avhite cloth
Note: This text has been automatically extracted via Optical Character Recognition (OCR) software.
A Servian Wedding.
A SERVIAN WEDDING .
As towards the hour of noon Ave entered the small town of Orawitza , our ears were assailed Avith sounds more merry than harmonious , proceeding from a band of musicians issuing from the gate of the town . " We are in for a Avedding , " exclaimed my companion . " We travellers , " I replied , " see life under many phases ;
sickness and death , robberies and ruin , love and matrimony , succeed each other in quick succession , —all in the space of twenty-four hours . What can heart desire more ?" As we drove on , we found our anticipations realised . A longprocession of holiday folk came marching down the narrow street , accompanying two individuals on their way from the
Arcadian groves of loA'e into the sorrowful vale of matrimony . Amongst civilised nations , these melancholy rites are performed in solemn silence ; the parties meet their ineA'itable doom Avith quiet resignation . But in regions less blest , amongst people to whom God has left the simple manners and unsophisticated feelings of nature , these nuptial ceremonies are consummated to the sound of pipe and tabor , Avith song and dance ; perchance
in the hope that , amidst these sounds of revelry , the A'ictims may still dream on their dream of bliss . The most momentous eras of the life of men are those of his birth , marriage , and death ; and in the ceremonies attending these periods in different countries , the peculiar character and national customs of a people are chiefly marked .
We dreAV up on one side the narrow street to allow the procession room to pass . In front marched two hussars , in their full gala costume ; AA'ith staves uplifted , " drest in a little brief authorit y , " they were tlie impersonation of municipal power . They found occupation enough , —UOAV clearing the roads of all obstruction in the shape of carriages and horses , —UOAV charging
a rabble rout of dirty urchins , AVIIO hung like a cloud upon the rear aud vanguard of the procession . The dust they raised Avas fearful ! Four Wallachians ' Aveii-mounted followed these municipal hussars ; they rode Avithout saddles or stirrups , and Avere curiously adorned Avith flowers ; the horses had evidently been regaled Avith an extra feed of corn to arouse their mettle ; their riders Avere dressed in Avide sack-like breeches , red and blue embroidered shirts , long sleeveless linen jackets of Avhite cloth