1888 Chromolithograph Slavic Marriage Russia Dance Priest Ceremony Ritual LCH5 Portrait the caption is entirely in

the caption is entirely in German

Art Students League

Ras Suwiq is in the distance behind it

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1888 Chromolithograph Slavic Marriage Russia Dance Priest Ceremony Ritual LCH5 Portrait the caption is entirely inThis is a rare original 1888 color chromolithograph which depicts two fascinating traditional Russian scenes. In the upper panel a young couple performs a Russia dance, which is more than a pantomime than anything else. The lower panel portrays a joyous Slavic marriage ceremony. The priest has placed silver marriage crowns upon the heads of the newlyweds, a symbolic event that would often be done by the droujkis, or paranymphs, of an upper class bride