Set in Jewish Russian, the Fiddler on the Roof opens with the crowing of a cock and a fiddler on a roof, silloueted by the sunrise.\
TRADITION is very important to this culture as stability.
Jewish TRADITION dictates every aspect of his life.
Everyone is as they have always been. Fathers, mothers, daughters, sons. Match-makers, beggars and rabbis.
Marriages were arranged. Supersition was prevalent.
Women had absolutely no say in their lives.
Matches were made based on social status.
Celebrations were also sexually segregated. Men danced with men and women with women.
