A Feast-Day Wedding In Macedonia

People in folk costumes hold torches during a procession the night before the wedding in the village of Galicnik.

Women arrange their folk costumes during the celebrations.

Bride Aleksandra Krstevska, covered by a veil, rides a horse to meet the groom.

Aleksandra Krstevska looks through her wedding ring. The couple that marries during the Galicnik Wedding is chosen through a nationwide competition.

Groom Vase Geogievski (center) waves his hat to greet wedding guests.

Women dance in traditional folk costumes.