The wedding song was not entertainment but legal document—binding contract established through melodic performance, witnessed agreement encoded in verse, property transfer recorded in community memory rather than written text. The dainos were not merely beautiful tradition but functional necessity: in society where literacy was limited and written contracts were rare, the sung word carried legal weight that silence or ordinary speech could not achieve. The wedding ceremony was simultaneously spiritual celebration, social gathering, and business transaction, with dainos serving as notarized agreements enforceable through community pressure and divine observation.
