Wedding Garments are worn by the Hungarian peasantry in exact imitation of those of medieval times. The brides’s flowery headdress, her embroidered panels and handkerchief, the size of a dinner napkin my have taken years to make. The bridegroom`s surplice-like robe is heavy with handwork and the flowers in his hat are to be regarded with entire seriousness.
Source: People of all Nations by Sir John Alexander Hammerton. London 1925.
