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gk
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 Posted: Wed Apr 16, 2008 10:27 pm Post subject: Wedding Traditions? |
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| I am starting to plan my wedding and I was wondering if there are any traditions that people always stick to? I know about the old, new, borrowed, blue one but wat about others? Any ideas?Thanks |
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Hextygoes
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Location: New Zeland
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| Posted: Thu Apr 17, 2008 12:10 am Post subject: Wedding Traditions? |
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| some people put a sixpence (penny) in their shoe too. |
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Joe_Tator
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| Posted: Thu Apr 17, 2008 1:52 am Post subject: Wedding Traditions? |
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| The groom doesn't see the dress until the wedding day.And you get married at the bottom of the hour. |
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HoopayKab
Joined: 16 Jan 2008
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Location: TZ
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| Posted: Thu Apr 17, 2008 3:34 am Post subject: Wedding Traditions? |
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| A tradition I had to follow was the white dress, I couldn't go with any funny pinks because our colors were pink and green. And also a tradition is getting married in a church but we decided to do it in the park he proposed in. It was just as nice! |
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hope
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| Posted: Thu Apr 17, 2008 5:17 am Post subject: Wedding Traditions? |
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| The Chicken Dance is a MUST at the reception! lol....Congrats on your wedding! I hope it's a beautiful day! |
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jessicag
Joined: 25 Nov 2007
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| Posted: Thu Apr 17, 2008 6:59 am Post subject: Wedding Traditions? |
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| I like the couple giving each other a wedding gift the day before the ceremony, usually something they can wear for the wedding ceremony. |
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IoniteWrern
Joined: 02 Nov 2007
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Location: Egypt
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| Posted: Thu Apr 17, 2008 8:42 am Post subject: Wedding Traditions? |
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| the first dance as husband and wife and of course the father daughter dance |
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J-MaN7483
Joined: 25 Nov 2007
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| Posted: Thu Apr 17, 2008 10:24 am Post subject: Wedding Traditions? |
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| The only ones we're sticking to are:1. We're not seeing each other in our outfits before. We're staying the same bedroom the night before, and having breakfast together the day of, but after that, we want the walk down the aisle to be a surprise.2. Vow. We're saying the traditional ones because there's something really sacred about making a promise that people have been making for hundreds of years. But, we're also saying our own personal ones beforehand.3. The first dance.4. The cake cutting.That's about it. We're not doing the bouquet toss, the garder toss, and I'm not even wearing a veil, and even though my mom is walking me down the aisle, she's not "giving me away" or anything. Neither of us are very traditional, though.Do the ones that matter to you. That include them all, or none of them. Weddings these days are so individualized and less and less people are sticking to traditions because they're fairly outdated and don't have meaning to the couple. Go through them and see if they have meaning to you and your fiance. Some also might have special significance to your parents as well. I would ask them just to make them feel included. You might even get great ideas from them, too! |
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Haumumpinue
Joined: 25 Jan 2008
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Location: AD
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| Posted: Thu Apr 17, 2008 12:07 pm Post subject: Wedding Traditions? |
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| There a quite a few traditions that have changed over the years, but what I tyipcally see are:Unity CandleCake CuttingFirst DanceToasts by FOB, FOG, Bestman, Maid of HonorFlower TossGarder TossGood Luck and Happy Planning! |
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Injuseacecync
Joined: 11 Nov 2007
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Location: AR
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| Posted: Thu Apr 17, 2008 1:49 pm Post subject: Wedding Traditions? |
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| don't forget your hen party! enjoy yourself and congrats |
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Gina
Joined: 25 Nov 2007
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| Posted: Thu Apr 17, 2008 3:32 pm Post subject: Wedding Traditions? |
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| Rice was a symbol of fertility, throwing it at the bride and groom assured children. Jordan almonds were given as a favor to symbolize the bittersweet in a marriage, the almond the bitter, the sweet was the candy shell. There were five of them given, and each one had a meaning.Veils were to protect the bride from the devil, and from amorous men at the wedding who might see the bride's beauty and try to steal her.Bridemaids were dressed like the bride to confuse the devil, so he would not be able to find and pester the bride.When cutting the cake, the bride holds the knife[watch out, boys] and the groom covers her hand and guides the knife. This symbolizes the guidance he will give the bride in their mariage. Ladies, I might allow that with the first cut of the cake, but the second one would have my hand over his. Did you know that colors and flowers have meaning? I typed in "meaming of flowers""meaning of colors" in the browser,and got lists of meanings. Red roses mean passionate love, red means passion, lavender the color means distrust. Did you know the original purpose of groomsmen was to protect the groom? Wealthy grooms and brides were often used as pawns in politcal and monitary alliances, the groom might have to travel far to get his bride. He needed to be protected from those that would kidnap him for ransom, or kill him for revenge, or to end his bloodline. They are supposed to to some extent, do that today, they are supposed to watch at the ceremony to make sure things are legal and on the up and up. Unfortunately, the tradition now is to see how drunk you can get before the ceremony, so this is not done. Same for the bride in olden times, she may have had one woman stand with her, she may have been well guarded for the same reasons, stealing her for ransom, deflowering her so she would be worthless to rivals. The jewelry has always had the same purpose, showing everybody how rich you are, the bride might wear something the grooms family gave her in the dowery, or wear something of her own family. In some cultures, the bride wears all of her wealth.the bidal bouquet had herbs in it that gave it special meaning to scare off evil spirits. the ringing of the belss were to scare off evil spirits.The recieving line was to allow each guest to touch the bride and groom, who were now blessed, and therefore lucky. The cake, the tradition of feeding each other symbolized the nourishment each would give the other during the marriageand the oldest tradition is the wedding ring, a forever union. I typed wedding symbolism into the browser, and got Weddings: The origins of wedding symbolism, by Ezine articles. There were lots of sites, this one helped me with my memory on cakes. Congrats, and hope this helped. |
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IntottRuili
Joined: 31 Jan 2008
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Location: Hungary
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| Posted: Thu Apr 17, 2008 5:14 pm Post subject: Wedding Traditions? |
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| Wear a garter for the groom to take off and toss among the gentlemen (the equivalent of tossing the bouquet). |
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