Wedding traditions and money

[Valery Belyanin]

My nephew got married 18 months ago (in Moscow), and I was invited to the
restaurant (not to the wedding ceremony and posing with pigeons for the
photographer). No entry fee, but the gift should have been in an envelope,
and not less than 100 US dollars (or in equivalent in RUR). When it came to
the huge cake cutting, the first piece was put on the auction, and the boss
of the fiancé won it for 4000 RUR (which was like 170 UDS).

I have been to many weddings during Soviet times and the gift was something
of the deficit (like set of plates, or silver spoons, or bed linens), and
very rarely money in the envelope. Seems this is a new tradition of new
Russians.


С наилучшими пожеланиями,
Валерий Белянин / Valeri Belianine / Valery Belyanin

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