Dance of the matchmaker by Konstantin Yuon

Dance of the matchmaker by Konstantin Yuon

The artist passes here a wedding custom in the Moscow province. Winter frosty Sunday day. A village street with log houses, black silhouettes of birches, playing children. A cheerful wedding procession is moving along the street. Furiously, the matchmakers dance in front, as they express their enthusiasm for successfully coordinated weddings. Skirts around the legs are twisted, dancing is accompanied by gestures of hands.

Behind the matchmakers joyously they are played along by a peasant woman on a tambourine, and even further the harmonist furiously stretches the accordion fur. They are followed by a more balanced bridegroom with a bride, slightly drunken guests. The picture is very realistic, vital. It causes a cheerful mood, a feeling of a cheerful, frosty day.

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