Marriage Customs

Circassian usually get married by kidnapping, the groom wait the bride on the border of the village riding his horse. After that he should fire three shots as a sign to let the entire village know. The groom should be accompanied by two married women from his relatives, and they took the bride to one of those women's house. After that men should go to the bride home to let her father agree about the marriage.Usually the bride's family give their agreement. If not, the bride should go back to her home. After all the village know about the kidnapping , the groom should hold a big party with circassian songs and dances.

Circassians care about music alot. There are many musical instruments in their songs such as occordion, violin, and flute, but the most important one and its used in all songs is the Occordion.Circassians have two types of songs. The first one is for daily life, love, and imagination. The second one is for war, countries, and martyrs. Circassians have special rules of dancing. The first rule is that men and women involve in dancing, and they should dance together. The dance consist only from two people and it's for specific period of time. The dance can't start without a signal from the supervisor of the dance, and only the women who have the ability to end the dance.The second rule is that the married women should not dance Each song have different dance such as:

1 – Kafa : It's a fast dance

2- Zafako: Its a calm dance for old people.

3- Shahshan

4- Weg

5- Khoshamaf