The next month passed very quickly. Since Alaz and Melike's engagement was complicated, mostly men from our village attended. The women who went just watched. Most likely, their husbands didn't allow them. Only little girls participated in the traditional folk dance. Not much folk dance music was played anyway; there was more modern dance music. Melike's engagement dress was simple but very elegant. Of course, our people found the dress revealing. I definitely didn't think so. It had no décolletage. It was sleeveless, which some might find revealing, but it had a tulle covering. Compared to the other girls at the engagement, it was extremely modest. Melike had chosen something quite average. The engagement went well.
After returning to Cizre, Botan became the chief. For this, feasts were
