Search results
Results From The WOW.Com Content Network
It is the custom that the groom and his family pay for all the wedding expenses. The bride's family gather together before the wedding in the bride's parents house. The groom's family come and take the bride from the house in a decorated car along with the one bride's mate which usually is the bride's sister, cousin, or best friend.
Today, the wedding kiss is usually just used as a form of love. [13] At the reception, the best man and the maid of honor usually propose a toast. [1] The couple may receive gifts. [1] Wedding cakes are widely seen as symbols of fertility. [14] While now they are an enjoyable snack for the wedding guests, wedding cakes have a more serious history.
A black wedding, also known as "shvartse khasene" in Yiddish, or a plague wedding, referred to as "mageyfe khasene" in Yiddish, is a Jewish tradition where a wedding takes place in times of crisis, particularly during epidemics. In this custom, the bride and groom, often impoverished orphans, beggars, or individuals with disabilities, are ...
From old superstitions to comical customs.
A wedding ring or wedding band is a finger ring that indicates that its wearer is married. [1] It is usually forged from metal, traditionally gold or another precious metal. Rings were used in ancient Rome during marriage. [2] In western culture, a wedding ring is typically worn on the base of the left ring finger.
The early form of the Jiaobeijiu was known as Hejin in ancient times and probably started in the late Neolithic period. [3] As a wedding custom, the Hejin can be traced back the Zhou dynasty where the newlywed bride and groom would drink wine together in the bridal chamber according to the Liji, the Hejin and was used to symbolize the confirmation of marital union. [4]
Polterabend (Polish: pultrować) is a German and to a lesser extent Polish, Austrian and Swiss wedding custom in which, on the night before the wedding, the guests break porcelain to bring luck to the couple's marriage. The belief in the effectiveness of this custom is expressed by the old adage: "Shards bring luck" (German: Scherben bringen ...
Today, the custom is to perform the betrothal by giving the bride a well-known and fairly constant-valued object: a gold wedding ring without a stone. The groom takes the ring and says in Hebrew, "Behold, you are consecrated to me with this ring according to the laws of Moses and Israel." The groom now places the ring on the bride’s index finger.