The bride, along with her sisters and other close female relatives are squatting under a red cloth in front of the ceremonial yurt while the men around the cloth are throwing candies on the cloth and distributing "bortsok" (fried dough), to bring good luck to the wedding. Meanwhile, the girls are weeping and crying, signifying the upcoming "loss" of the bride to her husdand's family.
The Kyrgyz wedding ceremony of Koormoochoo Saïra (son of Yunus Amid) in Utsh Djelgha summer camp, 5th August 2005.
July 23, 2022: A Kyrgyz woman wearing an elecheck, the traditional Kyrgyz headdress for married women, prays inside a yurt during the Ak-Moor Fest Ethno-festival in Ornok, Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan. (AP Photo/Vladimir Voronin)