WEDDINGS

The party ends with the entrance of the soon to be father-in-law who must take away the bride. He is supposed to tie a rope around her waist to signify his 'stealing' her away but is not given enough rope by the family to do so. He must pay them money to receive more. 

The bride is then covered in a red veil and led blindly toward the door as everyone follows with dancing and music. A family member may bar the procession, playfully refusing the prospective in-law to continue out the door until round of money is paid. The bride leaves the home to a fanfare of traditional Turkish horn and drums.  

At some point that night or whatever day the bride arrives to her new husband's household, the couple and family will meet in a small private religious blessing ceremony with an mullah. If the day of the wedding party, the bride will often again go through the process of being led out in a red veil to the place where she will put on her modern white wedding dress.