Henna Night (Kina Gecesi)
Wedding ceremonies play an important role in our culture and are one of our most colourful
traditions.
Traditionally (in Turkey) henna night, or kina gecesi (Turkish) is a women s party that usually
takes place the night before...
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Henna Night (Kina Gecesi)
Wedding ceremonies play an important role in our culture and are one of our most colourful
traditions.
Traditionally (in Turkey) henna night, or kina gecesi (Turkish) is a women s party that usually
takes place the night before the wedding.
The bride s closest friends and female family
members gather to eat, dance, and sing.
They put henna on their hands.
The stains itleaves
on their hands for weeks afterwards telleveryone that they are a new bride, or have been to
a close friend or family-member s wedding.
Traditionally, and still for many brides, itis a
melancholic evening.
The following day, the bride will leave her father s house, where she
has lived all her life,to live in her new husband s house.
The entertainment organized for the night before the wedding in the house of the bride
among the women is called “henna night”.
The bride takes part in the ceremony wearing a
special dress.
Appetisers, cakes, desserts, and sweet fruitdrinks are offered t
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