Traditional Tibetan Wedding Ceremony Held In Lhasa

作者: The AsiaN Editor on 27 September , 2012.
类别: All, Photo

Bridegroom Tenzin Norbu and bride Tosan pose for photo during their wedding ceremony in Lhasa, southwest China's Tibet Autonomous Region, Sept. 15, 2012.

The weekend were days of good luck in the Tibetan calendar. A Tibetan couple, bridegroom Tenzin Norbu and bride Tosan, held a Tibetan style wedding ceremony in the blessing of relatives and friends in Lhasa.

Tenzin Norbu is the youngest son of Dando. The old man was quite excited on the ceremony as the marriages of children symbolize the prosperity of families in the traditional Tibetan concept. “When I got married some 30 years ago, the wedding ceremony lasted ten days. But now, young couples tend to hold their wedding ceremonies during weekends for the convenience of relatives and friends. Some old customs are abandoned, but those presenting fortune and happiness should be inherited from generation to generation.” Dando said in earnest.

Nowadays, wedding ceremonies for young couples in Lhasa are mostly combined with traditional Tibetan customs and modern living concepts. Some costoms are kept, such as offering hada, a white silk scarf symbolizing respect and blessing, to newly marreid couples and their parents, drinking highland barley wine and throwing the powder of Tsampa in the sky; while some modern concepts are adopted, like buffet meals in hotels and restaurants and non-mandatory Tibetan dresses for guests.

A host offers highland barley wine to the couple’s parents during a Tibetan wedding ceremony in Lhasa, southwest China’s Tibet Autonomous Region, Sept. 15, 2012. <Xinhua/Chogo>

Dando sprinkles the highland barley wine to the burning plants for blessing during his youngest son’s wedding ceremony in Lhasa, southwest China’s Tibet Autonomous Region, Sept. 16, 2012. <Xinhua/Wu Xia>