small adventure: galichka svadba

It should be worth to mention in the Yahoo Adventures or exploringmacedonia or other information site of Macedonian toursim, the Galicka Svadba (Wedding in Galicnik) is a traditional style wedding ceremony, which is held once a year, around this time, in a village called Galichnik. As you can see, people wear traditional clothes, *very ethnic*, and the ceremony follows a series of traditional customs and rituals. Such as: expecting of the drums, mother-in law's hora, taking the bridal to the village fountain for water, hanging the wedding flag, invitation of the deaths, shaving the son-in-low, to bake the bread, etc. Since almost no one lives in the village anymore, dispersed to the world, this once-a-year event is an opportunity for the village family to come back there and hold the family gatherings as well as preserve their traditions. It started almost 40 years ago, and now it becomes a very good tourist attraction. Only those who have family originally from the village can have this unique wedding.

ヤフーアドベンチャーに載っていてもおかしくないこの「ガリチニック村の結婚式」はその伝統的なスタイルのセレモニーが有名で、年に一回だけ今くらいの時期に行われます。ガリチニック村は過疎化が進んで今はほとんど誰も住んでいないのですが、年に一回このイベントのために村出身者が帰ってきてファミリーが一同に会すそうです。もともとは伝統を守るために４０年くらい前からスタートしたイベントで、いまやひとつの観光アトラクションとして有名になりました。その結婚式は２日間続き、数々の伝統儀式が行われます。民族ダンスとか音楽はもちろんのこと、「婿の髭剃り」とか「先祖の招待」とかいろいろ意味のある習慣を盛り込んだ流れとなってます。この結婚式を挙げられるのは、先祖がこの村出身の人だけだそうです。