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praised or found fault with it, calls her soon after her arrival to 

 his yurt, and she enters it with three such deep inclinations, that 



Fig. 73. Frolics at a Kirghiz Wedding. 



she is obliged to support herself by laying her hands on her knees; 

 these are to signify that she will be as obedient to her father and 

 mother-in-law as to her lord and master. During this greeting, 

 her face remains veiled, as it does thenceforward before her father 



