19 strange marriage practices worldwide

At Eli­te­Sin­gles, we love love. We are addi­tio­nally the dating web­si­te of choi­ce for Uni­ted sta­tes sin­gles get­ting a las­ting, com­mit­ted union. Tho­se acti­vi­ties com­bi­ned indi­ca­te that we’­ve got a soft area for wed­ding events and delight in marria­ge tales from near and far. For this reason we cho­se to take a look at wed­ding cere­mony prac­ti­ces world­wi­de.

From sto­len boots in Asia, to buried bour­bon within the South, to ridicu­lous clothes in Cana­da, the­se are gene­rally the 19 favo­red (and stran­ge) wed­ding cere­mony prac­ti­ces the world over.

1. Germany: Baumstamm sägen (sawing the log)

After the cere­mony, the groom and bri­de have to use a two-per­son cross­cut hand­saw to chop a lar­ge visit one half – whi­le still insi­de their bridal clothes! This repre­sents the ways which they must come together later on (although, to really make it a bit fas­ter, the record fea­tu­res some­ti­mes been already partly sawed through of the fathers asso­cia­ted with groom and bri­de).

2. The south United States Of America: Burying the bourbon

In some parts of the South, the groom and bri­de bury a (com­ple­te!) bottle of bour­bon upsi­de-down at or near the web site whe­re they will say their own vows. This should be done one month ahead of the marria­ge to ward off rain throughout the wed­ding day and, if the weather plays along or perhaps not, the bour­bon shall be dug-up, dis­cus­sed, and enjo­yed whi­le in the recep­tion.

3. Hungary: the bride is for sale!

During The recep­tion, a visi­tor will grab a lar­ge pan or a hat and shout ‘THE BRIDE IS ACTUALLY FOR SALE.’ Then he puts pro­fit the bowl, pas­ses by it on, and begins to boo­gie making use of the bri­de. Ever­yo­ne else exactly who inclu­des money has a turn at dan­cing using bri­de, up until the groom wishes a go. Sub­se­quently, the bri­de is ‘kidnapped’ – in addi­tion to groom must carry out for guests to win this lady right back!

4. Canada: Silly sock dance

In Que­bec as well as other French-spea­king com­po­nents of Cana­da, the older, unma­rried siblings from the groom and bri­de per­form a‑dance at recep­tion whi­le dres­sed in absurd, brightly-colo­red, knit­ted clothes. Friends can dis­play their own accep­tan­ce asso­cia­ted with the dan­cing show by tos­sing cash from the siblings, that will be next (nicely) dona­ted toward wed­ding couple.

5. Finland: Morsiamen ryöstö (wedding robbery)

At a Fin­nish wed­ding party, the grooms­men will kid­nap the bri­de (fre­quently whi­le mas­ked as gangsters).Then, the bri­de­groom must do acti­vi­ties facing the visi­tors to win their bri­de straight back – he may need cer­tainly to sketch an ima­ge of her, or com­po­se a heart­felt poem, anything to show their love! Meanwhi­le, the bri­de is actually sto­red amu­sed becau­se of the grooms­men offe­ring the woman liquor.

6. Guatemala: damaging the bell

After the marria­ge, ever­yo­ne usually visits the bri­de­groo­m’s resi­den­ce. Han­ging within the entran­ce is a whi­te por­ce­lain bell full of rice, flour, also seve­ral types of who­le grain – all of the­se repre­sent abun­dan­ce. Whi­le the couple shows up, the mother asso­cia­ted with the bri­de­groom embra­ces all of them and cere­mo­nially smashes the bell, pro­vi­ding the couple good-luck and suc­cess.

7. Belgium: Every bride demands a hankie

A Bel­gian bri­de will carry a hand­ker­chief which has been stit­ched together title. Follo­wing marria­ge, the hand­ker­chief is fra­med and pre­sen­ted in the wall – through to the then family mem­bers wed­ding cere­mony, when it’s pro­vi­ded to the second bri­de to embroi­der together with her title. Within this fashion, it pas­ses by from one gene­ra­tion to another, get­ting a belo­ved hou­sehold trea­su­re in the pro­cess.

8. Scotland: The black lesbians meetening regarding the bride

A couple of days ahead of the wed­ding cere­mony, the­re is the ‘Blackening regar­ding the Bri­de,’ in which the bri­de (and some­ti­mes the bri­de­groom) are ‘captured’ by friends, cove­red in filthy such things as beer, trea­cle, spoi­led fish, feathers, and flour, then para­ded through the roads for many to see. The mas­ter plan would be that, if they make it through this demo, mari­tal stri­fe should be very sim­ple!

9. South Korea: seafood slapping

In some areas of South Korea, the recep­tion is inte­rrup­ted when the groo­m’s friends grab him, bind their foot, steal his snea­kers, and then spank the blank soles of his foot with dried sea­food (sadly for folks who like a good pun, its Yellow Cor­vi­na fish ins­tead of sin­gle). Con­ven­tio­nal values claim that this cus­tom will rein­for­ce the groo­m’s vigor and his awe­so­me viri­lity.

10. France: Le Pot de Chambre (yes, the chamber container!)

As the wed­ding recep­tion draws to an in depth, French newly­weds are offe­red a real cham­ber coo­king pot, full of the remai­ning items of liquor from the marria­ge (and some­ti­mes extra delights like mel­ted cho­co­la­te, bana­na, or toi­let tis­sue!). The couple must con­su­me everything befo­re you lea­ve, so as to build up energy ahead of the, er, taxing wed­ding cere­mony eve­ning ahead.

11. Unique Zealand: An open home policy

Up until 1994, it actually was unlaw­ful to have hit­ched in a pla­ce that had an enclo­sed entry way! The theory was that any­body who wan­ted to tar­get must have effortless access to the cere­mony. This cha­llen­ging marrying at sea: you can only wed on a ship if it was doc­ked the­re­fo­re the gang­plank had been down. Even today, nume­rous wed­ding loca­tions howe­ver lea­ve their par­ti­cu­lar door­ways open.

12. Asia: Joota chupai (concealing the footwear)

As soon as the groom will be taking off their snea­kers on the path to the man­dap (altar), the bri­de’s family mem­bers promp­tly attempt to take all of them and hide them. The groo­m’s hou­sehold must try to shield the foot­wear without excep­tions – and so the fight of the peo­ple starts! When the bri­de’s family mem­bers will get out making use of the shoes, the bri­de­groom must pay to ran­som all of them straight back.

13. Argentina: Ribbons during the cake

In Argen­ti­na, you don’t always toss the bou­quet. Alter­na­ti­vely, the soli­tary women at marria­ge gather across the marria­ge des­sert, which has a num­ber of rib­bons stic­king out of it. Each girl brings a rib­bon from the cake and finds out a small allu­re asso­cia­ted with the other con­clu­sion – the one that pulls out the bow which has a ring con­nec­ted cer­tainly are the clo­se to get married!

14. Spain: Cortar la corbata del novio (cut the bridegroom’s tie)

After the marria­ge, usually throughout the recep­tion, the bri­de­groom should be enclo­sed by his grooms­men and clo­sest pals, that will cut the tie from around his throat! The link will end up being cut into tiny pie­ces and auc­tio­ned to the wed­ding friends, pro­vi­ding best of luck to any or all just who mana­ges to get an item.

15. Norway: Kransekake (an unique particular cake)

Nor­we­gians don’t have the three-tie­red wed­ding des­sert. Ins­tead, they make Kran­se­ka­ke, a steep-sided des­sert cone pro­du­ced by sta­ying bands of meal in addi­tion to the other per­son with icing (fre­quently 18 bands or more). At wed­ding, the bridal pair tries to snap off the most effec­ti­ve level – how many des­sert bands that stick to it repre­sent the num­ber of kids the couple has!

16. Czech Republic: soup from a single spoon

The basic cour­se of a Czech wed­ding cere­mony meal is soups. The bri­de and groom are wrap­ped collec­ti­vely in a soft towel or sheet then must con­su­me their own soups from a sin­gle pan, with one scoop bet­ween them – some­ti­mes and their arms tied collec­ti­vely also! This repre­sents the way in which the­y’­ve be effec­ti­ve with each other as time goes on.

17. Germany/Western Poland: Poltrabend (a noisy evening)

seve­ral nights prior to the wed­ding, the couple’s friends collect to crush cera­mics, like pla­tes, flo­wer­pots, as well as com­mo­de bowls; cer­tainly not cup or mirrors. It is becau­se ‘‘Scherben brin­gen Glück” – bus­ted shards bring luck. The bri­de and groom clean all of it right up, sym­bo­li­zing the point that the­y’­re going to have to be effec­ti­ve with each other to navi­ga­te the pro­blems of life.

18. Mexico: El Lazo (the lasso)

After a Mexi­can pair pro­vi­des pled­ged their par­ti­cu­lar vows, their loved ones and grea­test pals ‘lasso’ all of them along with a spe­cial line. This rope can fre­quently be really intri­ca­te, made of crys­tals or beans and is tied in a figu­re-eight sha­pe to sig­nify the couple’s endu­ring unity. It has some simi­la­ri­ties to a Cel­tic hand-fas­ting (con­si­de­red to be the foun­da­tion asso­cia­ted with the expres­sion ‘tie the knot!’)

19. Russia: Vykup nevesty (purchasing from the bride)

whe­ne­ver a Rus­sian bri­de­groom per­tains to get their bri­de, the maid of honor can meet him at door­way with a lis­ting of pro­blems the guy must go befo­re he can con­ti­nue. He might need cer­tainly to play tracks, reci­te poems – or spend a ran­som. Fre­quently, 1st ran­som offer will pur­cha­se him another bri­de (usually a male friend in a dress and veil) befo­re the guy sup­plies more and ulti­ma­tely beco­mes their love.

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Sources:

Argen­ti­na: http://www.latina.com/lifestyle/latin-american-unique-wedding-traditions-superstitions#7 Bel­gium: http://www.best-country.com/europe/belgium/wedding Cana­da: http://www.thedjservice.com/blog/french-canadian-wedding-sock-dance-custom/ Czech Repu­blic: http://www.prague-guide.co.uk/wedding-traditions-in-the-czech-republic/ Finland:http://www.trekearth.com/gallery/Europe/Finland/South/Western_Finland/Nokia/photo777233.htm Fran­ce: http://www.frenchweddingstyle.com/french-wedding-traditions/ Ger­many: http://www.thelocal.de/20160613/10-things-you-need-to-know-before-attending-a-german-wedding Germany/Western Poland: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Polterabend Gua­te­ma­la: https://blog.unbound.org/2011/02/marriage-traditions-in-guatemala/ Hun­gary: http://sophiejason.com/wedding-posts/hungarian-wedding-traditions Asia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Punjabi_wedding_traditions Mexi­co: https://destinationweddingsmexico.wordpress.com/2012/05/24/mexicos-wedding-rituals-and-traditions/ New Zea­land: http://www.teara.govt.nz/en/marriage-and-partnering/page‑6 Nor­way: O’Leary, Mar­ga­ret Hay­ford (2010): Cul­tu­re and Cus­toms of Nor­way, ABC–CLIO, ISBN 9780313362484 Rus­sia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Russian_wedding_traditions Scotland: http://www.bbc.com/news/uk-scotland-highlands-islands-18535106 Spain: http://www.worldweddingtraditions.net/spanish-wedding-traditions/ Southern Korea: http://asiaweddingnetwork.com/en/magazine/expert-advice/28-expert-advice/37–5‑unusual-wedding-traditions-across-asia USA: http://thedailysouth.southernliving.com/2014/01/24/southern-wedding-tradition-burying-the-bourbon/