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Greek Cypriot wedding dance

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Greek Cypriot wedding dance

Maria and Christodoulos Toulis dance at their wedding in Wellington in 1991. In keeping with tradition, guests have pinned money to the couple's clothes before their first dance.

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Alexander Turnbull Library, Greek Orthodox Community of Wellington and Suburbs Collection (PAColl 4924)

Reference: 1/2-179754; F

Permission of the Alexander Turnbull Library, National Library of New Zealand, Te Puna Mātauranga o Aotearoa, must be obtained before any re-use of this image.

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Megan Cook, Dancing – Jazz to rock ’n’ roll, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/en/photograph/40966/greek-cypriot-wedding-dance (accessed 4 June 2026).

Story by Megan Cook, published 27 February 2013.