Turkish man and woman bathe together to choose bride
Men and women bath together
In the early days of the Turkish bath, men and women bathed separately, and later evolved into today's shared bathing for men and women. If you travel to Türkiye, you can see men and women bathing together in bathing centers frequented by locals. When bathing, most people are naked with their upper bodies wrapped around a bath towel. In the eyes of Turks, Turkish baths are the holy places of God, and there is no scruple or evil thought in washing the body in God's holy places.
It turns out that Turkish women who believe in Islam not only cover their heads and faces with headscarves, but also wear thick robes. Outsiders cannot see the woman's appearance and figure clearly. In this way, Turkish baths It has become an important place for the future mother-in-law to choose her daughter-in-law. Generally speaking, the future mother-in-law, accompanied by a matchmaker, invites the future daughter-in-law to take a bath together. In the bathroom, the future mother-in-law will not only look at the daughter-in-law's appearance and figure, but also her pelvis. Only a woman with a large pelvis can bring good luck to the family, with more children and more happiness. In addition, the future daughter-in-law's body odor and whether she has body odor are also the focus of the investigation. Since the Turkish diet is dominated by cheese and meat, body odor is unavoidable. A woman with body odor is considered unlucky, and people think it is God punishing her.
Now that the society is open, Turkish men and women are mostly free to fall in love. The practice of future mothers-in-law choosing brides in the bathroom is more common in villages in remote areas. However, the "bridal bath" ceremony during marriage still remains and has become a necessary procedure for Turkish people to marry a bride, and it is also a traditional sexual culture in Turkey.
On the first day after marrying into her husband’s house, the bride has to take a bath in the Turkish bath. The groom's family should prepare 15 to 20 pieces of new clothes, trousers, shoes, socks and gold and silver jewelry for the bride to wear after bathing. The bride enters the bathroom with these gifts from the groom's family and wears them back to the groom's house after bathing. On the 40th day after the birth of the child, the mother should take the child to take a Turkish bath, eat while enjoying the performance of the bath band, and bless the child, or maybe bathe herself