Posts tagged 'Wedding customs'
Wedding Customs: Before the Wedding Ceremony
Across many cultures, ritualistic acts are used to mark the import of the wedding but also to prepare and cleanse those involved. Several customs can be observed around the world that have origins in scaring away evil spirits or removing any traces of evil prior to the wedding ceremony.
For example, in Nigeria it is considered good [...]
Wedding Customs: Traditional Gifts
Wedding Gift Traditions
Whether they are given to the newlyweds to begin their new life, given to the guests or exchanged between the bride and groom, the giving of gifts is omnipresent in worldwide wedding customs.
In China, female relatives give brides pocketbooks filled with gold jewellery.
In the Philippines, the groom gives 13 pieces of gold or [...]
Wedding customs: The Wedding Engagement
Wedding Engagement History and Customs
The custom of giving a ring to signify a betrothal is ancient, believed to have been widespread in Ancient Greece where rings were also given as a token of affection and friendship.
Pliny wrote about iron rings being sent as pledges to the bride in 1st century Rome. Roman law considered betrothal [...]
