Saturday, January 21, 2012

Where is this a wedding tradition?

Weddings ceremonies are celebrated and performed all over the world. All countries and cultures have different ways that they celebrate a marriage, there are hundreds of traditions varying from carrying something borrowed and something blue to a smelly bouquet. Along with American culture traditions such as the chicken dance and bouquet throw, foreign brides living in America incorporate their homeland traditions into their weddings as well. Some of other countries traditions can seem a little crazy to us, or at least strange. for example Swedish brides carry a bouquet of smelly weeds. They carry the smelly weeds in order to ward off any trolls. This has been a superstition for Swedish brides for many generations. In Morocco brides are told to take a milk bath before their wedding, the milk bath is said to purify and cleanse the bride before she gets married. In France the bride and groom drink a wedding toast from a two handled goblet. This is so that the new couple can drink together, this tradition is slowly but surely becoming popular in the United States. In Japan bride have to wear a white head piece in order to hide her horns of jealousy of her mother-in-law. Doing this is a way of showing that she is becoming a gentle and obedient wife. In Norway the wedding cakes are made of bread and cheese. This is called Kransekake, it is a very popular cake made of cheese, bread, cream and syrup. In Iran couples are usually wed before a mirror. This is done to symbolize the couple, fate and a bright destiny together. In Korea a bride and groom look forward to receiving wooden ducks as wedding gifts. Wedding traditions vary greatly among different countries, it is really interesting reading about what weddings are like in other cultures.

3 comments:

  1. Carrying a bouquet of smelly weeds...yuck! However the Korean tradition I found to be pretty funny. What an interesting post!

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  2. This is very interesting! I wonder how two people would drink from the same goblet.. confusing but cool!

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