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“With the band in the lead, they accompanied him [the groom] to the house where the bride was with the young women, but his visit was brief since he was supposed to remain in another room. And so the Bedecken of the bride took place... [then there was] the dance of the Menuetts and then afterwards cake and coffee.” [Brest Litovsk, Poland, 1850]. Wengeroff 1913, II, p. 108.