the train of salt

The bride will choose a few of her single companions and female family members to be her Asoebi (bridal train), with assistance from her relatives. During the ceremony, these women will march with the bride wearing matching Asoebi dresses.

To open the watertight door seemed impossible. "So I had to keep my mind away from that. 'Let me just stay put,' I thought." He had consumed so much salt water on his forays that his throat throbbed and his tongue peeled.