In spring, when the apricot flower forest blooms out with white, it signs a wedding season coming with brocade colours in many villages throughout the North West and North-East. The Mong has custom taking his beloved girl to home to become his wife (as robbing wife). As a young man who knew a girl and wanted her as his wife he would go and force her to his home. Traditionally, when a boy wants to marry a girl, he will make his intentions clear, and will “rob” her during daylight or night at any opportunity that is appropriate. This is traditionally only a symbolic kidnapping. Before kidnapping her, the boy must first give a gift to the girl whom he wants to marry. After a couple of days, the boy can then kidnap the girl. If the boy has never given a gift to the girl, she is allowed to refuse and go back home with any family member who comes to save her. The parents are not notified at the time of the kidnapping, but an envoy from the boy's clan is sent to inform them of the whereabouts of their daughter and her safety. This envoy tells the girl's family the boy's background and asks what the girl's background is. Before the new couple enters the groom's house, the father performs a blessing ritual, asking the ancestors to accept her into the household. The head of the household moves the chicken in a circular motion around the couple's head. The girl is not allowed to visit anyone's house for three days after this. After three days or more, the parents of the groom prepare the first wedding feast for the newlywed couple. The wedding is usually a two-day process. The couple returns to the house of the bride's family at the end of the first wedding feast and spends the night in preparation for the next day. On the second day, the family of the bride prepares a second wedding feast at their home, where the couple will be married. Hmong marriage customs differ slightly based on cultural subdivisions within the different Hmong community, but all require the exchange of a bride price from the groom's family to the bride's family. True False 1. The Mong has custom taking his beloved girl to home to become his wife. 2. Before kidnapping her, the boy must first give a ring to the girl whom he wants to marry. 3. If the boy has never given a gift to the girl, she is allowed to refuse and go back home. 4. The girl is not allowed to visit anyone's house for two days after entering the groom's house. 5. On the second day, the family of the bride prepares a second wedding feast at their home.