A boy's parent will send the designated representative to the girl's parents to inquire the costume to marry ritual (called adet) and bride wealth the girl's parents demand for their daughter. Whatever the girl's parents ask for will be accepted without dispute.
The designated representative usually women who are of boy's parents (call wakil) are instructed as what request have been made.
Once the women designated representative agree as the betrothal dowry. They hand over the ceremony to the man's family to talk further about the ceremony to be held.
At the end of two or three months, the parents from both the boy and girl side discuss the date of wedding. The period of the engagement is from one to three years.
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| The betrothal ceremony |
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