Orsha grooms are forced to iron by dragging and with a rolling pin and eat scrambled eggs

September 3, Vitebsk / Diana Kurilo - BELTA /. Grooms from Orsha are forced to iron trousers with a drag and a rolling pin, and also eat scrambled eggs. This unusual test was invented for young couples at the Orsha Ethnographic Museum "Melnitsa" - a branch of the Museum Complex of History and Culture of the Orsha Region, the branch manager Natalia Antonevich told a BELTA correspondent. Recently, a tradition has emerged for newlyweds and their guests in Orsha to visit the ethnographic museum. To a large extent, this was facilitated by the staff themselves, thanks to whom grooms and brides become participants in wedding games created based on the national rite. Despite the fact that great-grandmothers did not force their husbands to iron trousers, practical modern brides agreed with the museum staff that the best way to learn about the groom's household abilities would be to iron trousers using wooden devices - a drag and a rolling pin. Another symbolic test, but this time for both newlyweds, is sharing scrambled eggs with one spoon. As Natalia Antonevich explained, in Belarusian folk tradition, the egg is a symbol of fertility, and eating with one spoon means loving. After eating the scrambled eggs, the young couple will have to drink from the "cup of patience" so that it never overflows. But their relatives will have to "drink each other under the table" - this is what the rite of uniting families is called by the people of Orsha: all guests must drink from one goblet. The most beautiful and romantic is the rite of "sviadzenie" (bringing together), when the couple, who are tightly embracing, are tied together with one embroidered towel. Without "sviadzenie," even married couples in the villages of Orsha were not considered husband and wife, explained Natalia Antonevich. The wedding at the museum concludes with a photo session. But it is also full of surprises, as the bride will have the opportunity to sit at an ancient loom, and the groom, perhaps for the only time in his life, will stand at a plow. As Natalia Antonevich noted, the museum service is popular, especially if there are foreigners among the wedding guests. It is noteworthy that more and more young couples are asking for the ceremonies to be conducted in Belarusian. -0-