Wedding day - Mongolian words: хурим (khurim）
хурим (khurim） means wedding but also just feast. Гэрлэх ёслол (gerlekh yoslol) is a more general word for a marriage. Anyway, today there was a lot of weddings and feasts, as it was an auspicious day in the Buddhist calendar: Baljinnyam and Dashnyam coincide only once a year and it is traditionally the very best day to get married. From the early morning until late at night couples and their families were lining up for marriage ceremonies at the Wedding Palace. Odriin Sonin reports that from 2.00h in the morning until 21.00h a total of 108 couples got married in ceremonies of about 20 minutes (although the math of that doesn't really seem to work out).
UPDATE: See more images of one the wedded couples on this day: Roeland an Suvdaa, in their Suvdland
posted by Guido V @ 00:57
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Dear Guido,
compliments on your weblog. I was half of one of the 108 couples to get married on September 19 and enjoyed the whole day. However, I did wonder why 19 September was such a great day to get married. My wife wasn't able to explain it really, your post was the first to explain at least a little bit. However, as a layman in Buddhism, could you explain to me what or who Baljinnyam and Dashnyam are? Thanks, Roeland
Ha Roeland,
Wat leuk. Gefeliciteerd!
I will look into it and let know.
If you have a good picture I am happy to put it up as an illustration for this post.
Best,
Guido
en oh ja, ik geloof dat het Odriin Sonin was met een paar fotos van newly weds: Suvdaa en ik stonden in ieder geval met foto in een van de kranten. Als je kopie daarvan kan scannen en doormailen: graag.
groeten,
roeland
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