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Bridegroom 'Stars' In Wedding
Qf Rugged Baluchistan Tribesmen
ft. T
out
The 01' Groaner gives
with a Christmas tune.
New Song
On Holiday
Not Likely
By DICK KLEINER
Newspaper Enterprise Assn.
NEW YORK iXEAi - The
cruel facts of life in the music
business are catching up with
Christmas songs. That's why
chances are slim that there will
be a new Christmas hit this
vear or for many years to
come.
The last major Christmas bit '
using the million-seller critc- I
rion was Jimmy Boyd's "I I
Saw Mommy Kissing Santa i
Claus" in 1932. A few others
Fince then "Rock Around the
Christmas Tree" and "Jingle Bell
Rock" have become teen-age
(standards, but not major hits.
Not only are hits scarcer, but
new Christmas songs are infre
quent these days. Fifteen or 20
years ago, record companies
would put out up to a dozen new
Christmas songs each year; to
day tJiey will issue three or four
at the most. And many of these
will be carols or standards in
new versions.
The cause of this Christmas
music slump is economic.
In recent years, radio sta
tions have refused to play
Christmas music until after
Thanksgiving. Without radio air
play a song simply has no
chance at all of becoming a
hit.
Years ago, stations would be
gin programming Christmas
songs in October. That gave a
record sufficient time to catch
on. But if the public doesn't
hear a song until late Novem
ber, they just don't have time
to fall in love with at and buy
it . It takes exposure to make a
song a hit. Radio stations are
generally too confined to a for
matlike the top 40 to bother
with Christmas records.
Another hard fact retail
selling methods have changed.
Virtually gone are the old-fashioned
record stores with listen
ing booths. Instead, more and
more records are sold in racks
in supermarkets and drug
stores. Rack jobbers the men
who stock these racks are un
willing to g've up valuable space
on a gamble. Thcv want to sell
records, and they figure they
have more chance stocking rec
ords with a long selling season.
Tlicy are therefore reluctant to
take on Christmas records.
All this has had its effect.
iDecca. for example, will issue
lour new Christmas singles this
year. Three are by established
artists singing established songs.
Only one is new and that's by
The Surfaris. in an attempt lo
cash in on the surf music trend.
RCA is issuing three, and one
of these is on its rock 'n' roll
subsidiary. Groove.
Columbia, which calls itself
"a Christmas company." is do
ing more than the others. Rob
ert Goulet will be heard with a
new son? called "Tlie Christmas
I Spend With You." Andy Wil
liams and The New Christy Mm
istrels also have holiday singles.
And Columbia is kecpina its
corporate fmcers crossed about
"Here's Love." This Meredith
Willson musical, based on "Mir
acle on 34lh Street." a 5 a
Christmas theme and several
holidav-llaMired tunes. Son.:
like "That Man Over There."
"The Big Fat Caloons" and
"Pine Cones and Holly Berries"
are. Columbia feels, potent lal
Christmas standards, They will
ail be Issued on singles. Mitch
Miller has already waxed Pine
Cones and Holly Berries."
Of course, no company would
turn down a Christmas song
they felt had potential Alter all.
once it is established, it is a
penrianent seller. Bm2 Crosby,
for example, has sold 20 m i I
Imo copies of "While ChrM
ma." 10 million 'Silent
Sight." seven million "Jingle
Bells" and 10 million LPs of
hs Christmas aUn.m. Merry
Ch.risim.is "
KARACHI ilPI'-The bride
groom is the star of the show
in weddings among Baluchistan
tribesmen.
Unlike their Western counter
parts, who often are overshad
owed by the bride even at the
engagement party, these rugged
tribesmen are expected to prove
their ardor right up to the wed
ding itself by participating in
wild camel races and olton tak
ing pood natured physical beat
ings from their in-laws to be.
Whai foreigners might consid
er to be a brawl is -imply a
traditional expression of one's
honor and worth in this rugged
arid land where people tend to
be more practical than senti
mental. After all, isn't the bridegroom
taking away a member of the
family? It would be considered
an insult to the bride and her
family if they did not fight to
keep her until the very last
minute before the ceremony.
These rough rituals, remind
ers of an era when only the
bravest won fair ladies, do not
mean that the ancient ceremon
ies are without charm, how
ever.
Engagements have no age
limits among the Baloch tribes
men of the old Northwest Fron
tier Province. Even children on
the way may be engaged. The
engagements are irrevocable
with heavy penalties to be paid
by any party responsible for its
not culminating in marriage.
When the date of marriage is
I finally determined tlie parents
and relatives of the bridegroom
bring gilts of scents, sweets,
henna and dry fruit to the
bride's relatives about one week
bclore the ceremony.
The locks of the bride's
hair arc opened to show she is
about to be married. The girl
then is placed under strict con
finement in tlie house, where
she is allowed to receive gifts
o milk, cream and other foods
and articles to help her pass
the time as pleasantly as pos
sible. Her sisters and girl
friends spend long hours apply
ing beauty aids and singing and
dancing to keep her happy.
When the wedding day ar
rives, relatives and friends of
the bridegroom and bride
gather in their respective
houses, where w eliding gifts
and tlie dowry are displaved
while beating drums proclaim
the event.
Later in the afternoon, the
brilliantly costumed members
n the wedding party, including
the old men with their hair
freshly dyed with brilliant hen
na to hide tlie grey, proceed
slowly to the mosque or shrine,
preceded by a band of musi
cians. The bridegroom, with his
head veiled and carrying an
iron rod in his hands, follows
the procession accompanied by
friends and his many relatives.
Four of his closest friends
protect him from dust and a
blazing sun by holding a multi-
Christmas Card Idea
Started 720 Years Ago
colored silk canopy over his
liead at swordspoint. His oldest
sister is given the honor of
carrying a jug of water with
w hich he later w ill be batlied.
To emphasize tlie closeness of
family ties, his long shirt tail
is tied to her.
Women sing folk songs com
memorating heroic exploits of
the family and praising the
masculine charms of the bride
groom until they reach a pre
arranged place where he is
bathed and dressed in new
clothes given by his father-in-law.
Flower garlands are licapcd
about his liead and the eldest
member of the family oflers
prayers for the happiness ol the
couple.
But the toughest art of the
ceremony for the groom is yet
to come, for now begin the
trials of strength.
While he and his best friend
race on camel-back lo his
bride's house to take her away,
her relatives pelt him with
stones and sticks and shoot ar
rows, often causing serious
physical injury.
After being fooled, tricked
and kicked, and sometimes
beaten by members of the
bride's household, he must
smash down the door to her
room with his bare hands, twist
an iron rod, and force open her
clenched fists, a symbolic ges
ture by which the pirl shows
she is not anxious to leave her
family.
NEW YORK i.NE.V Back in
1K43. John Calcott Horsley, an
English painter and illustrator,
thought it would be appropriate
to send a simple greeting to a
friend at Christmas. Little did
he realize what he was start
ing. That first card has mush
roomed into an avalanche that
lliis year will see millions of
people dashing to mail boxes
lo deposit the estimated one
hundred million Christmas
cards that will be mailed be
tween Thanksgiving and Dec,
CHRISTMAS COLORS
Red and green are the favor
ite colors in just about every
decorating situation at Christ
mastime. The most popular rib
bons for tying packages, for
example, are red and emerald
green yet, they rank lmh and
17th in popularity throughout tlie
rest of the year, among the 17
colors manufactured, reports
tlie Rust Craft greeting card
company.
25. according to the Greeting
Card Association.
Card senders will be able to
make their selections from the
more than 50.000 designs that
are available. Religious themes
and Santa Claus, as usual, lead
the preference parade. However,
now that Americans have so
much time to devote to hobbies,
there are cards to be had that
will appeal to the golfer, the
bowler, the photographer and
many others. So, if you like
horses, don't be surprised if
your greeting comes right from
the horse's mouth.
Of course, one must not for.
get the humorous cards, which
seem to be getting more of a
play each year. There are even
"sick" Christmas cards; they
seem to appeal mostly to per
sons in the same category.
For art lovers, museums can
be a source for cards that are
different and interesting. You
can check with your local mu
seum and find out if they sell
cards.
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OLD-FASHIONED greeting
have space age fellow who
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is from Hallmark Historical Collection. At right we
It's Christmas . . . and I can t give you anything but
More than ever before, it is
now possible lo lind just the
right Yule card for just the
right person. There has been a
constant increase in tlie "spe-
cial" cards, such as greetings
for the milkman, the news
boy, the doctor, etc. .
Nor are the teen - ogcrs lor
gotten. There arc many special
cards, such as the one that
semis greetings "To a Sw ell Fel
low" w ishing Km "A Cool
Christmas and a Fabulous New
Year."
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