WAYS AND NORMS OF WEDDING CEREMONIES OF THE VOLGA BULGARS DURING PRE-ISLAMIC PERIOD
Based on historical sources the author of the article attempts to bring to light the ways of bride purchasing, legal basis and prohibitions concerning marriage, rules of paying the bride price and other traditional customs referring to wedding ceremonies. Information from written sources is confirmed by ethnographical material which demonstrates both correlation and continuity of wedding traditions of Volga Bulgars with Chuvash and Kazan Tatars.