Skip to main content

Story: Greeks – the Hellenic community

Maria and Christodoulos Toulis dance at their wedding, 1991

Image
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.

Using this item

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.

All images & media in this story

How to cite this page

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

Story by Nancy Swarbrick, published 4 March 2009, updated 1 August 2024.