Wedding round loaf of bread

Today we are going to cook the Ukrainian round loaf of bread for a wedding. It is the first bread which newlyweds should taste together. Parents-in-law present this round loaf on a Ukrainian embroidered towel. The parents meet the happy pair with bread and salt (a traditional Slavic greeting) thereby wishing welfare, happiness and a quiet life. Anciently the round loaf was served before the guests began the feast. In modern traditions, the betrothed pair break off the pieces of the round loaf. Who has the biggest piece – would be the man...