1888 Chromolithograph Slavic Marriage Russia Dance Priest Ceremony Ritual LCH5 RM3 The NEC school is the

The NEC school is the oldest independent school of music in the United States

George Willard Smith

This is an original 1903 halftone print depicting the ruins of the temple at Khninsu after Naville's excavations

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1888 Chromolithograph Slavic Marriage Russia Dance Priest Ceremony Ritual LCH5 RM3 The NEC school is theThis is a rare original 1888 color chromolithograph which depicts two fascinating traditional Russian scenes. In the upper panel a young couple performs a Russia dance, which is more than a pantomime than anything else. The lower panel portrays a joyous Slavic marriage ceremony. The priest has placed silver marriage crowns upon the heads of the newlyweds, a symbolic event that would often be done by the droujkis, or paranymphs, of an upper class bride