Soon after the bridegroom and the bride had toasted the guests from one table to another and some guests had toasted back for the new marriage, the wedding feast ended. The business was finished. When the tables were being cleaned and the dishes were being done, the bridal chamber events began.
It was more like a crazy game for the young. The old would normally leave after the feast. Many would stay to watch and talk outside the wedding room. The climax in the bridal chamber was, of course, the sexual excitement between the bridegroom and the bride. Then the bride was made to kneel down before the bridegroom, she’d suck the red wine, sometimes from a goblet tied to his belt, sometimes from a long tube in his mouth. All the while, the bridegroom’s wrists were held tight from behind. As the goblet became emptier and emptier, they let the bridegroom lean more and more forward, till at last the bridegroom would fall and give the bride a big surprise kiss. Each time, they would make the bridegroom kiss a different part of the bride’s body; and each time, the cheers became louder until every drop of wine was sucked up or licked up. This eventually climaxed the whole scene. The wine very much encouraged the bridegroom and the bride to overcome their shyness.