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A national wedding party in Kazakhstan, including a banquet for 100-120 guests, costs one million tenge average (more than $6.5 thousand dollars), , Tengrinews.kz reports, referring to the data of the poll from Mojazarplata.kz website. One of the respondents from Pavlodar told that it had required more than one million tenge to hold the wedding ceremony in accordance with all the national traditions. Besides, this sum didn't indlude 500 thousand tenge for buying horse meat for beshbarmak (popular national dish in Kazakhstan). So, the expenses for the ceremony in the country vary: official wedding registration costs forty thousand tenge, invitation tickets – ten thousand, decoration of the wedding hall – fifteen thousand tenge, banquet – 4500 tenge per person (alcohol is not included), master of ceremonies' services – forty thousand tenge, video shooting - thirty thousand tenge. The lion's share of Kazakh national wedding expenditures consists of expenses on gifts for relatives. In Almaty the registration in Marriage Registration Halls could cost up to 95 thousand tenge, that's why lots of pairs prefer services of visiting lawmen. The newlyweds will need to spend 10,7 average monthly wages to pay for the average wedding party in Kazakhstan. Mojazarplata.kz compared wedding expenditures in different countries. A wedding ceremony in Ukraine costs 360 thousand tenge, which is three times less than in Kazakhstan. In Azerbaijan a banquet would cost about 7 thousand tenge per person. Musicians would play at the party for 550 thousand tenge. Overall wedding party expences would amount to 1.6 million tenge. In Armenia's capital arranging of an average wedding would require about 1.3 million tenge total.
A national wedding party in Kazakhstan, including a banquet for 100-120 guests, costs one million tenge average (more than $6.5 thousand dollars), , Tengrinews.kz reports, referring to the data of the poll from Mojazarplata.kz website.
One of the respondents from Pavlodar told that it had required more than one million tenge to hold the wedding ceremony in accordance with all the national traditions. Besides, this sum didn't indlude 500 thousand tenge for buying horse meat for beshbarmak (popular national dish in Kazakhstan). So, the expenses for the ceremony in the country vary: official wedding registration costs forty thousand tenge, invitation tickets – ten thousand, decoration of the wedding hall – fifteen thousand tenge, banquet – 4500 tenge per person (alcohol is not included), master of ceremonies' services – forty thousand tenge, video shooting - thirty thousand tenge. The lion's share of Kazakh national wedding expenditures consists of expenses on gifts for relatives.
In Almaty the registration in Marriage Registration Halls could cost up to 95 thousand tenge, that's why lots of pairs prefer services of visiting lawmen. The newlyweds will need to spend 10,7 average monthly wages to pay for the average wedding party in Kazakhstan.
Mojazarplata.kz compared wedding expenditures in different countries. A wedding ceremony in Ukraine costs 360 thousand tenge, which is three times less than in Kazakhstan. In Azerbaijan a banquet would cost about 7 thousand tenge per person. Musicians would play at the party for 550 thousand tenge. Overall wedding party expences would amount to 1.6 million tenge. In Armenia's capital arranging of an average wedding would require about 1.3 million tenge total.