Marriage, Virgins And A Well Stocked Kitchen

Whilst on our travels around the villages we kept spotting the occasional tree decorated with pots and pans in people's gardens. Our hosts explained this weird sight to us. Apparently tradition goes that when the clean living daughter of the house is ready to marry pots and pans are plaed on the branches of a tree in the garden. This signifies that the daughter is a virgin, has a well stocked kitchen and she is inviting prospective grooms to come and knock at her door.

If there is a red pot at the top of the tree it means she's really desperate to get married, and probably a bit of a moose! They must be doing something right here because in our village of Ieud there has never been a divorced couple since records began!