| In the traditional society of Armenia, marriage was | | | | example when the bride tried to choose a home or a |
| considered obligatory for all, except for people with | | | | nearby village. Interesting from this point of view of an |
| physical or mental disabilities. Many tried to marry off | | | | old Armenian proverb: "Better give her a local |
| their children as soon as possible but others decided | | | | shepherd, than a stranger king. On the one hand, local |
| on voluntary celibacy that some girls considered a | | | | endogamy was due to a closed life historically arisen in |
| charity case and their decision was absolute respect | | | | connection with the mass migrations of ethnographic |
| for the family and fellow villagers. In an introductory | | | | groups of the Armenian ethnic group with their specific |
| marriage strictly on seniority: custom forbade the | | | | consumer culture. Therefore, the old-timers and |
| younger to marry and to marry before the elder | | | | immigrants, who lived mostly in different villages, tried to |
| brothers and sisters. | | | | avoid the family. |
| Severe impediment to marriage, as already noted, was | | | | Some restrictions on marriage have survived to our |
| an artificial relationship. Thus, the adopted generation | | | | time. This prohibition of marriage ties with relatives and |
| had no right to marry a girl of the same generation | | | | between foster brothers and sisters, to maintain the |
| because it is considered a close relative. Quite | | | | traditional order of age brothers and sisters in marriage |
| common among Armenians was nepotism which was | | | | (although the latter is now often broken). In addition, the |
| mandatory regardless of whether it was a wedding or | | | | issue of marriage modern urban youth decides more |
| baptism. Marriage communication was strictly prohibited | | | | independently, usually by linking marriage with the need |
| not only with the family Godfather but also between | | | | of mutual love and common interests. Rural residents |
| the descendants of godmothers. | | | | often try to marry him immediately after his military |
| Marital range was limited and geographically, for | | | | service, and his daughter not later than 20 years. |