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Kōrero: Greeks – the Hellenic community

Maria and Christodoulos Toulis dance at their wedding, 1991

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Maria and Christodoulos Toulis dance at their wedding, 1991

According to Greek Cypriot tradition, when the bride and groom first dance together at the wedding reception, the guests pin money to them.

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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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Me pēnei te tohu i te whārang

Nancy Swarbrick, Greeks – the Hellenic community – Settlement, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/mi/photograph/128/maria-and-christodoulos-toulis-dance-at-their-wedding-1991 (accessed 4 June 2026).

He kōrero nā Nancy Swarbrick, i tāngia i te 4 March 2009, updated 1 August 2024.