Tuesday, September 14, 2010

Wedding traditions of different cultures, Part 1

After the wedding photos, looking at different countries, I was curious about different cultural traditions of each country. I hope you enjoy them as much as I do know.

Cuba is known for its many festivals during a marriage. The most famous is probably the money dance. Here all the men who dance with the bride, brooches on her dress money to help with the cost of the honeymoon.

The French have a cup with two handles, which considersToast for the wedding of the couple. In addition, the average of two related families, raising a glass of wine from two different vineyards. Then drink the wine is poured into a glass one third, that both the bride and groom.

A legacy of African-Americans during slavery began to jump over a broom decorated for the start of a new life symbolize. Today is the jump is a symbol of a broom to sweep the old and welcome the new. Broom Jumping can be performed inAfter the ceremony the minister pronounces the couple husband and wife, or marriage shortly after the wedding party enters the reception.

In Germany, the bride carries salt and bread in the bag to ensure sizes. The groom carries grain for wealth and happiness. The proceeds from the first flower of the bride while walking on the road to the church. On their way strewn with petals good luck and ward off evilSpirits. During the ceremony, the groom may kneel on the edge symbolize the wedding dress, her control over her. Not to take the bride can step on the groom's foot when she rises to symbolize her power over him.

In Thailand, the groom is expected to give parents a dowry for the bride. After the ceremony, the bride's parents are usually (but not always), half the money back to the married. The groom should also buy gold jewelryBride. Not just a ring, but rings, bracelets, necklaces and earrings. You have to almost pure gold. act before the wedding, the bride in the face of a companion elderly - care, age of the bride. The groom has to buy a new dress and new shoes. If you buy a new house, must buy all new furniture. If you rent, need to buy new beds, a new rice cooker, and new dishes. The day of the wedding, the bride and groom go to the temple early in the morning with giftsFood for the monks. therefore the first ceremony is in progress - Later that day, the Holy House, the temple of the Maitreya Buddhist sect, where the bride is currently a member. (There are sometimes up to three ceremonies in different locations). Guests can take the symbolic plants like sugar cane, for luck and a small banana tree for fertility. The mother of the bride talks to plants, to be paid by the groom after the ceremony. The children keep a golden rope topand at the end of the walk for the bride, to pass in order for the groom, he must give a red envelope containing money to children. After the ceremony the groom with a sword, a symbol that looks to defend his family. silk strings are tied around the bride and groom's right wrist, where the bride's mother blesses his future happiness. The leader hands over a long silk cord that is attached to a floral arrangement on the altar, between the thumb and forefinger ofhands in prayer. All guests are two by two wire ropes of silk for the bride and groom wrists. After a song is sung and the story of the couple's advertising. A ceramic bottle with water for the couple, which pour in another ceramic. This is asking for the forgiveness of sins of the past and present life.

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