Motif
Auspicious and inauspicious wedding timing
auspicious_and_inauspicious_wedding_timing
A motif of the Sacred Time and Ritual Cycle family. Every row below is a tagged passage; each rests on a quote in its source text.
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1 traditions
shan
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Shans at Home, With Two Chapters on Shan History and Literature BOYS BESIDE PAGODA. / GAMES AND WORK / WOMAN IN WORKING DRESS. / YOUNG MARRIED WOMEN.; lines 3756-3879 confidence: high
Thursday and Saturday are unlucky for marriage; weddings are avoided in fasting months and on fast days, and lucky days for bride and bridegroom may differ.
The passage states that Thursday, Saturday, fasting months, and fast days are avoided, and that a day may be lucky for one spouse but unlucky for the other.
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