Bondra

Scyll Courtship and Wedding Tradition

Execution

For Scyll, courtship and marriage are part of the same overarching tradition. In fact, courtship, or "Bondra", as Scyll call it, is considered just as important, if not more important, then the actual marriage ceremony.

Participants

For the courtship, there are three groups of participants:

Eplecintes - the proposers
Prencessi - the proposee
Prencessis Grandas - the proposees family, mostly used to refer to their parents/guadians

For the wedding, two more parties are added:

Eplecintes Grandas - the proposer's family
Acessi - the close friends/assistants of the Elplcintes and Prencessi. Number vary between two and seven for each betrothed.

Observance

While the exact color of the dress worn during the ceremony depends on the location and the Eplecintes' finances, it is traditionally blue. Alternate colors include purple, white, and (very rarely) green. It is also traditional for gatuk to be served during the wedding feast. Baked into the pastry are small stones of various colors, each with a chain or ribbon attached that trails outside the dessert. About the midpoint of the feast, the nonmarried Acessi gather around the gatuk to pull one of the rocks out. Each rock color supposedly has a certain meaning, predicting what will happen for the one who pulled it out.

Bronze: Next to court/Be courted
Red: Happy travels
Yellow: Blessed with children
Green: Good luck
Blue: Money on the way
Purple: Long life
Crystal (Transparent): Next to be married