Editing Meereen (section)

===Customs===
The Ghiscari love a course of [[dog]], and have multiple different ways to prepare it.{{ref|ADWD|36}}{{Ref|ADWD|50}}

====Fighting pits====
[[File:Meereenese Fighting Pit IL.png|thumb|350px|[[Fighting pits of Meereen]], by Ignacio Lazcano © Fantasy Flight Games]]
Combat which is profoundly religious in nature takes place in the [[fighting pits of Meereen]]. They are seen as a blood sacrifice to the gods of Ghis, as well as a display of courage, skill, and strength most pleasing to the gods. Victorious fighters are pampered and acclaimed, and the slain are honored and remembered, their names graven on the Gates of Fate amongst the other valiant fallen.{{Ref|ADWD|2}}{{Ref|ADWD|11}} Additionally, criminals can be condemned to die in the pits.{{Ref|ADWD|52}} For them, the pits represent a [[trial by battle|judgment by battle]], which gives them a last chance to prove their innocence.{{Ref|ADWD|2}}

Within the fighting pits, contests are held between men, women, children, and wild animals. These are alternated by follies. All animals killed during the contests and follies in the pits are made into a healthful stew for the hungry, and a bowl is given to every man who presents himself at the Gates of Fate.{{Ref|ADWD|52}}

====Weddings====
[[Ghiscari]] wedding [[custom]]s are still practiced in Meereen. The female relatives of the groom examine the bride's womb and female parts, to ensure her fertility. Three [[Graces]] witness this ancient ritual, reciting prayers. The bride is to be stripped completely naked for this purpose. After the examinations are done, the women eat a cake baked specially for betrothals, which men are forbidden to taste.{{Ref|ADWD|36}} Usually, the bride is to wash the groom's feet, signifying that she will be her husband's [[handmaid]].{{Ref|ADWD|36}} Under special circumstances, it might be the groom who washes the feet of the bride.{{Ref|ADWD|43}}

When [[Daenerys Targaryen]] marries [[Hizdahr zo Loraq]], she sits in an [[ivory]] chair whilst he washes her feet with water from a golden bowl, while fifty eunuchs sing to them.{{Ref|ADWD|43}} The bride traditionally wears a ''tokar'' of white silk, with dark red veils. The ''tokar'' is fringed with baby pearls, which symbolize fertility.{{Ref|ADWD|36}} Weddings of the highest nobility in Meereen takes place at the [[Temple of the Graces]]. The ceremony might last up to four hours, and when husband and wife emerge from the temple, they are bound together wrist and ankle with chains of yellow gold.{{Ref|ADWD|43}}