Chapter II.
Matrimony away from a Starosta’s daughter – Complimentary of your servers – The subscribers – The brand new fiance – Bridal decorum – Malfunction of the bride’s skirt – The fresh new bridegroom – The fresh new hospitality revealed – The fresh new amusements of the travelers – Improvised songs – New bridegroom’s riches – Demeanour of business – Dancing of one’s peasant women – Dance of guys – National music.
T Right here was but little to vary the fresh monotony in our life during the Archangel, once we got but couple options out-of viewing most of new Russians. About spring season i determined using a trip to Vologda, with acquired an invitation to pass a few weeks from the family of governor of one’s province. Amid our very own active arrangements for the travel, the newest Starosta or head man out of a beneficial neighbouring town came to ask the new honour in our organization at a festival he suggested providing the following day so you’re able to enjoy his daughter’s marriage. We accepted the new invitation, additionally the pursuing the day rented a boat when planning on taking all of us across the the latest Dwina, for the village try located on the opposite lender from the distance of about seven versts.
It actually was, as i was advised, the fresh new etiquette to the bride to be never to chat even to your bridegroom; however, i went to their particular, and you can considering the done well, that they each other acknowledged by a graceful desires
We’d no fundamentally landed than the bride’s father, new Starosta themselves, appeared in order to greet you, and also to run us to his household. Most everyone was developed in front of they; all of them searched really merry, and you can was gaily using their utmost dresses: i enacted through the group and observed the host, exactly who ushered all of us with lots of powerful bows for the most readily useful flat, in which i discovered a various team currently turned up. There are about 30 female, all in the national dress, resting inside upright rows across space; a lot of them got the hands entered, and you may remained almost motionless; the gaily colored silks and you can showy direct-gowns had a highly hitting feeling. The brand new bride-to-be by herself, a fairly-appearing girl of approximately seventeen, is resting on higher end of your own room toward bridegroom from the their right hand.
A desk, covered with a white content and you will tastefully ornamented which have festoons from fake plant life and bows out-of green ribbon, is actually in advance of them, about what try place the wedding-cake made of rose and honey, having almonds at the top; numerous bowls of sweetmeats, preserves, and dehydrated fruit was basically put up to it. New Starosta purchased chair getting place simply contrary this new table, and you may begged me to getting resting, therefore we got a good possibility off investigating and you can appreciating the latest bride’s top. It was composed of good coiffure almost a toes high, quite resembling an effective brimless cap; it absolutely was away from gold, enriched which have pearls and you may tied to your of the an effective knot from gold cells about, that has been edged having fabric; their particular ears had been decorated with handsome bands, and you will round their unique shoulder had been innumerable rows of pearls.
I indicated any doubt as to whether they was basically actual; however, I became assured they were very, merely they certainly were bad in form. Their particular casackan otherwise coat are of silver material, that have a line from pearl embroidery, the brand new arm out of cambric, quick and extremely full, tied which have käy tällä sivustolla blue-ribbon and finished by the a fabric trimming, the fresh skirt out-of her gown are out of dark red flowered silk, with a silver border nearly a base strong, that have silver buttons up the side. Then again the latest Starosta are well to do; he had been not only the head guy of village, but he has shops out-of his personal during the Moscow as well as in St.