Macedonian traditions in the diaspora

[julie]

LOL, we have some good ones. When I married Brendon, there was no bridal part our combined family was in the wedding. The boys washed his feet and took great joy in shaving him with an axe smothered his head with shaving cream, non traditional, but he enjoyed it as did the boys.......the shoe think, maloto deverche, the young page boy puts money in the bride's shoe, lordy, so many traditions and so much was done in my first marriage need to write a book about it lol. Congratulations BiJ. Have you chatted to the couple about what their own expectations are ?

[Soldier of Macedon]

and an axe isn't ridiculous?

No, it's not, because it's a sharp object that has been in use as a weapon and tool for centuries. Chainsaws weren't around when the tradition arose.

[Bij]

LOL, we have some good ones. When I married Brendon, there was no bridal part our combined family was in the wedding. The boys washed his feet and took great joy in shaving him with an axe smothered his head with shaving cream, non traditional, but he enjoyed it as did the boys.......the shoe think, maloto deverche, the young page boy puts money in the bride's shoe, lordy, so many traditions and so much was done in my first marriage need to write a book about it lol. Congratulations BiJ. Have you chatted to the couple about what their own expectations are ?

thanks for your comments julie. I have spoken to both bride and groom. The groom simply does not care and has never really given a crap about the traditions, and the bride is from skopje so there are a lot of differentiating traditions from her end. She tells me they dont even mesi a svajka in skopje

Anyway, I should remember something from my wedding day but it was all such a blur that I don't remember anything! I just had a camera man pointing and telling me what to do (lucky he was there!). I hate watching the dvd (my inlaws played it over and over and over and over and over while we were in Macedonia) that I haven't even put it on since we've come back to Australia. Plus, the traditions in Macedonia are different to here so I don't really know what's what.

my hubby hasn't got a clue for the life of him, pretty sure he was off his face for 2-3 days before and after the wedding. he is very go-with-the-flow anyway

[Bij]

No, it's not, because it's a sharp object that has been in use as a weapon and tool for centuries. Chainsaws weren't around when the tradition arose.

oh bullshit. the chainsaw is as tongue in cheek as the axe. neither of them are a traditional shaving blade that would've been used. it's all a bit of fun anyway.

[lavce pelagonski]

Bij my brother is getting married soon, he bought one torba for the dever with the Macedonian sun and the other torba with united Macedonia and Makedonsko zname and a bokalce with the sun on one side and aleksandar on the other. No ventilator in sight.

[George S.]

I usually see its the macedonian sun flag used.Anyone using the ventilator shows a lot of disrespect.

[lavce pelagonski]

Galichnik Wedding 2013 - TV Spot (HD) - YouTube

[George S.]

I think after the shave the little deverce washes the feet of the zet & uses a onion as soap or can use a real one.After that a towel is unfolded in front of the zet & money is put in the towel.Then the towel is wrapped with the money & is given to the zet.The zet gives some money to the little deverce.

[Bij]

I think after the shave the little deverce washes the feet of the zet & uses a onion as soap or can use a real one.After that a towel is unfolded in front of the zet & money is put in the towel.Then the towel is wrapped with the money & is given to the zet.The zet gives some money to the little deverce.

Man, I've never seen a mal dever until I went to a wedding in Ohrid. Is this normal? Do we have these in Australia, or is it just not done in the Bitolski region?

[makedonche]

Man, I've never seen a mal dever until I went to a wedding in Ohrid. Is this normal? Do we have these in Australia, or is it just not done in the Bitolski region?

Bij
I think you'll find that the customs and traditions vary from village to village, town to town and region to region. A good example is the dialect differences, an example is the Bitolcani and the Aegetski and the variation in words used, e.g. - spolaiti/falla.