This is Jaimi and I thought that I would share some culture that I was able to experience on what was our first free day of the trip when we were in Denizli. My host, Zuhal explained to me that her mother’s friend’s son would be getting married and that the night before the wedding there is a traditional party for the bride and all of the women. I asked what to wear and made sure that I got approval from not just Zuhal, but also her mom before we left so I didn’t think much more about it. It turns out that there were probably over 300 women there and all but Zuhal and a couple of others were completely covered – head, long sleeves, skirts to their ankles. I don’t think that it was an issue, that I wasn’t, but I did hear them telling people that I was American a few times so it is hard to know for sure what else they said.

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