العادات و التقاليد الشعبية : الحلقة الثانية

Abstract EN

In this second edition, the two researchers continue their discussion by surveying Palestinian wedding customs and traditions among the Moslems and among the Christians.

They start by detailing customs relating to asking the hand of a girl (i.e.

Khitbah), then move to engagement, and final to betrothal, elaborating all through on countryside Zaffa songs and practices that reach their climax by leading the bride to her groom’s home preliminary to the coming of the bridegroom to join his bride.

Having finished with the bride and bridegroom, the researchers discuss the customs and traditions relating to the end of the life cycle, and call attention to a new development in this connection which purports in treating a martyr as a bride or a The writer presented here a brief general description of the aswaq, and elaborated on souq al - Attareen (= Perfumers’ Market) giving a detailed depiction of this souq at the turn of the century, with a special reference to some diseases and the perfumeries advised by the Attareen as relevant cures.