Wedding customs around the world

Wedding customs around the world

Early African-Americans: Jumping Broom

In the slavery era in this country, African-Americans were not allowed to formally get married and live together. In order to publicly announce their love and commitment, a man and a woman jumped over the broom to the drums and entered the marriage hall. For a long time, brooms have been of great significance to different Africans, symbolizing that newlyweds begin to do housework. In southern Africa, the day after the wedding, the bride will help other women in the family clean the yard, indicating that she is willing to do her duty to help her in-laws with housework until the newlyweds move into their new homes. Nowadays, some African-American couples choose to incorporate this symbolic ceremony into their weddings.

Early African-Americans: Jumping Broom

In the era of American slavery, black men and women were not allowed to formally marry and live together. In order to announce their love and engagement to the world, a pair of black men and women jumped over a broom to the beat of drums. Broom has long been of great significance to all kinds of Africans, because it means the beginning of newlyweds forming families. In southern Africa, the bride will help other women in her husband's family clean the yard on the first day of marriage to show that she is willing to help her husband's family do housework dutifully before moving into a new home. To this day, some African-Americans still hold this symbolic ceremony at their weddings.

Armenia: People will release two white doves to symbolize love and happiness. The bride may be dressed in red silk with feathered cardboard wings on her head. Small coins may be thrown at her.

Armenia: People released two white doves to show their love and happiness. The bride is dressed in red silk and paper wings decorated with feathers. People can also throw coins at the bride.

Belgium: The bride can embroider her name on the handkerchief, bring it on the wedding day, and then frame the handkerchief and keep it until another bride in the family gets married.

Belgium: The bride can embroider her name on the handkerchief and bring it on the wedding day. After the wedding, put the handkerchief in a photo frame and keep it at home until another girl gets married.

Bermuda: Islanders decorate a small sapling on their multilayer wedding cake. The newlyweds planted the tree at home, where they could watch it grow with their marriage.

Bermuda: Bermuda islanders planted a seedling on top of their multi-layered wedding cake. Newlyweds should plant this sapling at home so that they can watch the sapling grow with their marriage.

Bohemia: The groom gave the bride a rosary, a prayer book, a belt with three keys (to protect her chastity), a fur hat and a silver wedding ring. The bride gave the groom a shirt sewn with gold thread and colored silk and a wedding ring. Before the wedding, the best man wrapped the groom in the bride's cloak to prevent evil spirits from sneaking into and separating their two hearts.

Bosnians: The groom presented the bride with a rosary, a prayer book, a belt with three keys on it (to protect her chastity), a fur hat and a silver wedding ring. The bride gave the groom a shirt and a wedding ring sewn with gold thread and colored silk. Before the wedding, the best man wrapped the groom in the bride's cloak to prevent the devil from invading and break up their loving hearts.

Caribbean: In Barbados, Grenada and Saint Lucia, rich black cakes made of dried fruits and rum are very popular. This cookbook was handed down from mother to daughter, and each of them polished it. It is considered a "pound" cake-the recipe requires a pound of flour, black sugar, butter, frosted cherries, raisins, prunes and raisins, plus a dozen eggs and seasonings. Dried fruit is soaked in rum and kept in a crock for two weeks to six months.

Caribbean: In Barbados, Grenada and Saint Lucia, rich cakes made of dried fruits and rum are very common. The method of making cakes is passed down from mother to daughter, and each one is decorated. People call this kind of cake "one pound" because it needs one pound of flour, brown sugar, butter, frosted cherries, raisins, plums and raisins, plus a dozen eggs and seasonings. Dried fruit for cake making should be soaked in rum and kept in a crock for two weeks to six months.

Croatia: Married female relatives took off the bride's veil and put on a headscarf and an apron, symbolizing her new married status. Then all the married women will serenade her. After the wedding, the people gathered together walked around the well three times (symbolizing the holy trinity) and threw apples into the well (symbolizing fertility).

Croatia: Married female relatives take off the bride's veil and put on a headscarf and apron, which means the bride's new married status. Then all the married women serenade the bride. After the wedding, all the guests walked around the well three times (symbolizing the holy trinity) and threw apples into the well (symbolizing fertility).

Czech Republic: Friends will sneak into the bride's yard to plant a tree, and then decorate it with ribbons and painted eggshells. Legend has it that she will live as long as a tree. Brides in the countryside continue the ancient custom of wearing rosemary garlands, which symbolizes nostalgia. The wreath was woven by the bride's friends on the eve of the wedding, symbolizing wisdom, love and loyalty.

Czech Republic: Friends sneak into the bride's yard to plant a tree and decorate it with ribbons and painted eggshells. Legend has it that the bride will live as long as this tree. Brides in rural areas still retain the ancient custom of wearing rosemary garlands to show their nostalgia. The wreath was woven by the bride's friends on the eve of the wedding. It symbolizes wisdom, love and loyalty.

Egypt: Family members, not the groom, propose to the bride. In Egypt, many marriages are arranged. Zaffa, or wedding March, is a musical team composed of drums, bagpipes, horns, belly dancers and people holding flaming swords. It announced that the wedding was about to begin.

Egypt: In Egypt, the groom's family, not the groom himself, proposes to the bride. Many marriages are still the fate of parents and the words of matchmakers. Zaffa, or wedding, is actually a parade full of music, with drums, bagpipes, horns and belly dancing, and men holding burning swords. The ceremony announced that marriage was about to begin.

England: Traditionally, the country bride and her wedding procession always go to church together. Walking in front of the procession is a little girl, who is strewn with flowers along the road, hoping that the bride's life path will always be happy and full of flowers.

England: Traditionally, rural brides and people attending weddings always go to church together. A little girl walks at the head of the queue, throwing flowers all the way, which indicates that the bride's life will be full of flowers and happy forever.

Finland: The bride wears a gold crown. After the wedding, unmarried women danced around the blindfolded bride, waiting for her to put the crown on someone's head. It is thought that the person she crowned will be the next to get married. The bride and groom sat in the VIP table at the wedding reception. The bride is holding a sieve covered with a silk scarf; When guests put money into the sieve, the best man will announce their names and the amount of money given to the gathered people.

Finland: The bride wears a golden crown. After the wedding, unmarried women danced around the blindfolded bride, waiting for the bride to put the corolla on someone's head. The person crowned by the bride is considered to be the next person to get married. The bride and groom sat in the VIP table at the wedding reception. The bride is holding a sieve covered with a silk scarf. When a guest puts money into a sieve, the best man will announce the name of the guest and the number of gifts to the guests present.

Greece: Traditionally, the godfather of the groom is a VIP at the wedding. Today, koumbaros is usually the best man. He helps the couple to be crowned (with a white or golden crown, or a crown made of eternal flowers, or a crown made of branches and vines of love wrapped in silver paper and gold paper) and walks around the altar three times. Other attendees may read the scriptures, hold candles and put the crown in a special box after the ceremony. In order to ensure a "sweet life", Greek brides put a piece of candy in their gloves on their wedding day.

Greece: Usually, the godfather of the groom is the guest at the wedding, but now the guest is often the best man, whose duty is to help the bride and groom put on the corolla (the corolla is white and gold, which is made of flowers that bloom all year round, or woven from branches and vines wrapped in gold or silver paper as a symbol of love). After wearing the corolla, the new people turned around the altar three times. Other people attending the wedding read the Bible, hold candles and put the corolla in a special box after the wedding. In order to ensure the sweetness of married life, Greek brides can put a piece of candy in their gloves on their wedding day.

South Korea: Ducks are included in the wedding procession, because ducks are accompanied for life. Once, the groom rode a white pony to the bride's house. The pony had a symbol of loyalty-a gray goose and a male goose.

Korea: Ducks will be included in the wedding procession, because ducks are accompanied by life. In the past, the groom rode a small white horse to the bride's house, bringing a pair of gray goose and male goose as a symbol of loyalty.

Malaysia: The groom's gifts to the bride are sent to the bride's home by a noisy procession of children dressed in costumes. The children will carry trays filled with food and coins folded in the shape of animals or flowers. Every wedding guest will get a beautifully decorated hard-boiled egg, which is a symbol of fertility.

Malaysia: The groom's gift to the bride was sent by a group of children dressed very lively. They held many trays full of food and folded them into animals and flowers with money. Every wedding guest is given a beautifully decorated boiled egg, which is a symbol of fertility.

Mexico: At the wedding ceremony, the shoulders and hands of the newlyweds are wrapped with a large rosary "lasso" to show the combination of the two sides and the protection of marriage. At many Mexican weddings, guests form a heart-shaped circle around the couple at the reception, perhaps before the first dance.

Mexico: At the wedding, the shoulders and hands of the newlyweds are wrapped in a string of rosary beads ("lasso"), which symbolizes the combination of the two parties and the protection of marriage. At many Mexican weddings, guests stand in a heart-shaped circle around the newlyweds before the first dance music.