Friday, September 21, 2012

Collecting the Brides

The piper and drummer.


Only in Al Kosh.... The groom's family comes in with two roosters and lead the procession out to the car carrying these chickens - one for each bride. The grooms got to escort the brides - not the chickens. We were told that this really does only happen in this town, not elsewhere in Iraq. The chickens are symbols of fertility.


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