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Ethnic and Religious minorities/”Lovely Apple Headshot” (2015)
Online video | 6.35 min.
Movie Info
- Release Date: 01 Feb, 2015
- Country Армения
- Author Hovhannes Movsisyan
- Published Chai-Khana
- Submitting Institution Chai-Khana
Synopsis
The story is about a strange tradition of the Yazidi wedding; hitting the bride with an apple. Culture comes from ancient times, when the future groom, to ‘mark’ his chosen one, would throw apples towards the future bride. The tradition is ubiquitous even nowadays. This video material revels all the details of this tradition and people perceptions of it.
