Kyz uzatu

The girl's seeing-off. To give a daughter away for marriage is a big toi. This day all parents are both sad and glad. Glad because they have brought up such a beautiful, clever, and worthy daughter, for whom they will never be ashamed, and sad because it is really a pity to give away a girl, when she still seems to be a little child.

5 to 7 matchmakers (the odd number), or even more, come to take away the girl. There is bas kuda (the head matchmaker), kudalar (parents-in-law), and the bridegroom's friend (as his adviser and witness). In north and central regions of Kazakhstan only men may go to take the bride away. The matchmakers usually arrive in the evening. Since the moment of their arrival toi begins: games, songs, funs, traditional 'kade' (gifts and presents). The same night the girl's close relatives officially invite the matchmakers to visit their home.

According to the custom, the girl is sent away together with the matchmakers in the early morning, when the sun rises. The crack of dawn is a symbol of a new day and new life. Before her departure the girl bids her goodbye, singing a song ('koshtasu zhyry') to relatives, who are seeing her off. Young people sing 'zhar-zhar' and 'aushadiyar'. The matchmakers receive their traditional gift 'kuda attandyrar' (kuda means matchmaker, attandyrar means to see off).

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