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

Competition status – Participant

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.