Other Folklore (Not Algeria)

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Through my studies on this folk group I've learned about various folk groups such as Catholic folk group. However nonreligious members and different faiths also perform weddings both sacred and secular. Typically a wedding is performed in a church and is scheduled. The wedding is performed for the bride and groom, but is also celebrated and planned by family members as a celebration of the union between two people. The form is preformed in various ways such as having a toast from the best man which everyone raises their glass, a white gown for the woman, “something borrowed” tradition, sacred or secular music and prayers. This form of wedding allows people to express their values of tradition and aesthetics to the wedding itself as well as their beliefs such was the “something old, something new, something borrowed, and something blue” belief to ward off bad luck for the marriage. This form of wedding conveys the identity of the person as the wedding will be styled to how the person identifies things they believe are of value which reflects their identity (Sims).

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Another folk group I learned about was Tunisian Jewish, they preformed for a bride after her engagement a fattening process. It is performed to improve the young brides aesthetics as the rapid weight gain will result in a “shining and whiting of the skin”. This is done by feeding the bride continuously, as well as an additional meal after each meal and even a glass of oil to make the whiter plump young bride. This form of tradition shows that in jewish folk culture that the value of plump white skin and the belief that it is aesthetically pleasing, this is conveyed through what they identify as rich foods to better fatten the young bride (Salamon).