Betrothal (making the dowry list (ryadnaya zapis), prayer, bride-show, curtaining and gifts from the groom). The ritual wedding bread and its relation to fortune. The pre-wedding week at the bride’s: groom’s visits, dowry-sewing, ritual lamentation. A few words about the lamentation custom. Bridal shower (unbraiding). On the role of hair in the wedding rite. The ritual of brushing the groom’s hair.