Tatar weddings (1994)

People come out of the mosque, pages of the Koran.

The steppe grass sways in the wind.

A mother is rocking a stroller with a child, singing a lullaby in Tatar.

A child in a stroller.

An elderly woman sits by a pile of watermelons.

Type of melon.

People walk through the cemetery.

The newlyweds lay flowers on the graves of relatives.

Panorama of the floodplain of the river, overgrown with reeds.

Newsreel of the early 20th century: landscape in the lower reaches of the Volga.

The windmill turns its wings.

A water mill with a "camel" drive, a peasant cultivates a field.

A Tatar family is having lunch in a field.

Arrival of matchmakers to the bride's house.

Matchmakers agree with the father of the bride, the transfer of the monetary part of the ransom.

The wedding cortege goes for the bride.

The bride is taken out of the house and put in a caravan, covered with a carpet, and the dowry is taken out of the house.

Departure of the wedding cortege with the bride.

The mullah begins the wedding ceremony.

The bride and groom during the wedding ceremony.

Departure of the newlyweds home.

Views of Astrakhan.

The wind band of the river Shipping company passes along the street.

View of the festive event in honor of the City Day in Astrakhan on October 2, 1994 (top).

The faces of the participants of the holiday.

Types of theatrical processions on the streets of the city, the participants of the procession pass in national costumes.

The faces of the Astrakhan Tatars - participants of the holiday.

Panorama of the festive event on the bank of the Volga.

A folk ensemble from the village of Tataro-Bashmakovka performs Tatar folk songs.

Tatar wedding in the village of Tatar-Bashmakovka, people with songs go down the street of the village.

Wedding agreement, the bride's mother lists the items that she wants to receive as a gift.

The ceremony of dressing the bride.

The bride's farewell to her family.

Member of the folk ensemble F. Iskhakova talks about her own wedding and her husband (synchronously), Iskhakova's husband and grandson are sitting in the courtyard of the house.

Dancing at the wedding guests.

Women with a spinning wheel sitting at home in the village of Linear Narimanov district.

R. Sariyev daughter prepare for the wedding of the eldest son, the yard Caraway.

Sariev was talking with a neighbor.

Preparation of the wedding table, men in the yard chopping meat.

Wedding car decoration, individuals girls.

Women clean vegetables.

Interior view of a tent for guests.

The table was laid in the house of the newlyweds.

Guests awaiting the start of the wedding, those guests.

Arrives a wedding procession.

Mother of the groom greets the newlyweds.

The rite of the meeting of the newlyweds.

The couple are on a white handkerchief at the entrance to the house.

The Mullah and the guests of honor at the table admonishes newlyweds.

The faces of the guests sitting at the table.

The couple come into the tent for guests.

Guests greet the newlyweds, the view inside the tent.

Newlyweds are on their place, the guests and relatives are seated at the table.

The couple at the wedding table.

Women transmit the life of the chain.

Mother of the groom dancing with guests.

Dancing couple and guests.

The reeds on the Bank of the river.

A herd of cows moving through a railway crossing.

A flock of swans flies over the river.

The harvest of watermelons at the plantation.

The couple go to work at the field camp.

The couple - Ildar and Dean at work in the harvest.

A tractor with a trailer loaded with hay pellets, leaves off.

View of Astrakhan on the Volga.

Panorama of the Museum building of the Astrakhan historical and architectural Museum-reserve.

An employee of the Museum hanging on a hanger Tatar national clothes.

The elements of decoration of the Tatar dresses.

The Museum examines the photo of the woman in the Tatar dress.

Pre-revolutionary photographs of everyday life in Astrakhan Tatars.

Page Of The Koran.

Portrait of an old man.

Pond at the edge of the steppe.

A woman with a stroller singing a lullaby in the Tatar language.

The baby in the stroller.