Three years in Tibet, with the original Japanese illustrations by Kawaguchi Ekai

Author:Kawaguchi, Ekai
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Adyar, Madras : Theosophist office ; Benares and London : Theosophical publishing society
Published: 1909-11-19T16:00:00+00:00

The people who have come to see the bride off and those who have come to receive her all go oil horseback, and on their way to the bridegroom's house six banquets altogether are given by the relatives of the bride and of the bridegroom. Those who have coine to see the bride off give three banquets at three different points on the road, and those who have come to welcome her give three similar banquets. Sometimes the banquets are given at places two miles apart, and sometimes three, as the case may be, and after the sixth banquet has duly taken place, the gate of the bridegroom's house is at last reached by the wedding procession. In these banquets, however nobody drinks anything to excess, because every one is impressed with the fact that lie has been entrusted with the very important duty of taking the bride in safety to the house of the bridegroom, and so the others, recognising the situation, never press any one to drink to excess. As a rule, it is customary in Tibet to press one's guests to eat the dainties which have been set before them, while for the guests it is considered very impolite to taste such dainties immediately; to do so without a great deal of pressure is to be as vulgar as a Chinaman. The banquets are given by the friends of the bride and bridegroom at the houses of their friends or at their own, but on the whole it is more usual to have tents erected at convenient places in fields on the way to the bridegroom's house, and to entertain the wedding procession there.

THREE YEARS IN TIBET.

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