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Orbán said Hungarians only kneel before God, before their country, and when they ask for the hand of their lovers.

The following Saturday José Arcadio Buendía put on his dark suit, his celluloid collar, and the deerskin boots that he had worn for the first time the night of the party, and went to ask for the hand of Remedios Moscote.

According to Leon Lamprecht, joint operations director for African Parks, men “use the tail as a dowry to the bride’s father if they want to ask for the hand of a bride.”

“Usually in Azerbaijan, it’s the elders who will come and ask for the hand of the daughter. But my dad came by himself,” says Yunusova, 28.

"And he will not tell his name," said they, "but says he hears that all are bidden to ask for the hand of Princess Fiorimonde, and he too would try his good fortune."