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While dancing, Nada was caught and lifted so that someone could steal her felt slippers, opanke, from off her feet. Her protector, the "stari svat, since he failed in his duty, buys them back and replaces them., Katrina Thomas's notes: Serbian society centers around the Orthodox Church, as does the community in Milwaukee, where I photograph two weddings in a splendid cathedral, built in 1956-58, in which couples celebrate both the nuptial rite and the reception. One couple belongs to a folk dance group and elects to wear national dress, keeping many old-world customs at the home of the bride before the church ceremony as well as later during the reception in the church hall.

After the Orthodox nuptial rite, Nada and Joey emerge on the church steps above the plaza where their wedding guests are dancing. The best man, or "kum, who will be godfather to all their children, throws coins to the crowd., Katrina Thomas's notes: Serbian society centers around the Orthodox Church, as does the community in Milwaukee, where I photograph two weddings in a splendid cathedral, built in 1956-58, in which couples celebrate both the nuptial rite and the reception. One couple belongs to a folk dance group and elects to wear national dress, keeping many old-world customs at the home of the bride before the church ceremony as well as later during the reception in the church hall.

The kum passes around a celebratory drink of plum brandy, slivovitz, in a wooden flask, a "cutura, while the wedding guests continue to dance., Katrina Thomas's notes: Serbian society centers around the Orthodox Church, as does the community in Milwaukee, where I photograph two weddings in a splendid cathedral, built in 1956-58, in which couples celebrate both the nuptial rite and the reception. One couple belongs to a folk dance group and elects to wear national dress, keeping many old-world customs at the home of the bride before the church ceremony as well as later during the reception in the church hall.

Veiled and dressed, Nada is not permitted to leave home for the wedding ceremony until Jovo/Joey's brothers jokingly negotiate a bride price with her father, who must seal the bargain by drinking a cup of slivovitz (plum brandy). The bridegroom is waiting for Nada at the church., Katrina Thomas's notes: Serbian society centers around the Orthodox Church, as does the community in Milwaukee, where I photograph two weddings in a splendid cathedral, built in 1956-58, in which couples celebrate both the nuptial rite and the reception. One couple belongs to a folk dance group and elects to wear national dress, keeping many old-world customs at the home of the bride before the church ceremony as well as later during the reception in the church hall.

After their the nuptial rite, Milena, who wears a white western wedding dress, and the bridegroom Gregory, with their wedding attendants, join the guests dancing on the cathedral plaza., Katrina Thomas's notes: Serbian society centers around the Orthodox Church, as does the community in Milwaukee, where I photograph two weddings in a splendid cathedral, built in 1956-58, in which couples celebrate both the nuptial rite and the reception. One couple belongs to a folk dance group and elects to wear national dress, keeping many old-world customs at the home of the bride before the church ceremony as well as later during the reception in the church hall.

When Nada's felt "opanke" are stolen the "stari svat" buys them back and puts them back on her feet because he failed in his duty to protect the bride., Katrina Thomas's notes: Serbian society centers around the Orthodox Church, as does the community in Milwaukee, where I photograph two weddings in a splendid cathedral, built in 1956-58, in which couples celebrate both the nuptial rite and the reception. One couple belongs to a folk dance group and elects to wear national dress, keeping many old-world customs at the home of the bride before the church ceremony as well as later during the reception in the church hall.

During the wedding feast, Nada and her attendants, wearing traditional dress, are joined by a guest dancing the "kolo, a two-beat Balkan folk dance for fast feet with little movement above the waist., Katrina Thomas's notes: Serbian society centers around the Orthodox Church, as does the community in Milwaukee, where I photograph two weddings in a splendid cathedral, built in 1956-58, in which couples celebrate both the nuptial rite and the reception. One couple belongs to a folk dance group and elects to wear national dress, keeping many old-world customs at the home of the bride before the church ceremony as well as later during the reception in the church hall.

Nada and Joey, with the "kum" and friends, dance on the plaza. The bride wears a white dress with red embroidery, a red embroidered apron and black jacket trimmed with red. Nada has added her great-grandfather's black cap with the Serbian crest on the crown to which she has attached a veil. Her only jewelry is a necklace and earrings of Serbian gold ducats., Katrina Thomas's notes: Serbian society centers around the Orthodox Church, as does the community in Milwaukee, where I photograph two weddings in a splendid cathedral, built in 1956-58, in which couples celebrate both the nuptial rite and the reception. One couple belongs to a folk dance group and elects to wear national dress, keeping many old-world customs at the home of the bride before the church ceremony as well as later during the reception in the church hall.