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Betashar (Kazakh: betashar, Kyrgyz: betachar, Uzbek: betochar - lit. face disclosure) - the rite of dating the bride with her husband's relatives, one of the wedding ceremonies of the Kazakhs and Uzbeks.

In ancient times the face of the bride, who arrived in the house to the father-in-law, showed neither him nor his mother-in-law. For three days she slept without her husband in the company of other maidens, and in the morning of the fourth day her face was covered with a large blanket-shawl and was withdrawn to the invited to the wedding in solemn wedding dress. In the course of the ceremony, the bride is in the hands of Snothi and young women with a good reputation. One of the ends of the coverlet is attached to dombra or cane and the singer-improviser (jyrshy) begins to execute Betashar song, simultaneously introducing the bride with parents and relatives of the husband. The bride welcomes each of them with a bow, and they in turn declare a gift, which they will give to the newlyweds. After Betashar Rite Shay Іshu (drinking tea), during which the parents of the husband and other guests for the first time drink tea from the hands of the bride.

Because parents of the husband manage to get acquainted with the bride to a ceremony, in modern Kazakhstan the ceremony a beta sphere lost the former value.