Свадебная обрядность в современной азербайджанской поэзии

Abstract

Wedding ceremony takes an important place among the old traditions of Azerbaijan. Wedding ceremony is the union of family arising on the basis of the marriage settlement that, being between two young. The ties of relationship become wider by this ceremony which, organizes the base of the society. To ask in marriage, the betrothal, the henna party and to take the veil and etc. are considered the stages of the wedding ceremony. The various aspects of the wedding ceremony have reflected in the examples of folk-lore. Expanding of the wedding ceremonies has also influenced to the written literature. So, poets write many poems that, showing the stages of the wedding ceremonies. The majority of these poems are devoted to the praise of the bridegroom and bride. The moving of the bride from her own place, the crying of the mothers and the joy of the relatives are showed in these poems. Besides the examples from the folklore, about the wedding ceremony, the examples from the poems by modern poets also have been given in the article.