Wedding Customs
What is a wedding?
What is the difference between a civil and religious wedding?
What participants of the wedding do you know?
The best man (kidnapper)
Bridesmaids and Groomsmen (anc greece)
Groomsman shaves the groom (greece)
Flower girl
Ring Bearer
Chauffeur
Usher
What typical symbols of wedding do you know?
Preparations
Engagement rings, (Pope Innocent 1214)
Dowry
Marriage Banns (1215, catholic)
Wedding Newspaper
Groom shouldn’t see the bride
Wooden Spoon Wooing (sc)
Fir tree cone pies
Ransoming the bride (until marriage act 1753)
Buy out (rus)
Milk Bath (Morocco)
Burying the Bourbon
Blackening (Scotland)
Stag night (sparta)
Hen Party (1970s, greek proaulia)
Ancient Greece Proaulia -woman spends her time with family and female friends, sacrifices her toys to Artemis (goddess of
Marrying a tree (india)
Wedding Day
Wedding Ring (venice 15)
Wedding Vows
Wedding bouquet
Wedding Garter
White Wedding Dress (victoria, 19)
Black Wedding Dress (Scandinavia)
Red Wedding Dress (eastern europe, asia)
Wedding dress cranes
Wedding Veil (anc greece)
Horns of Jealousy
Wedding Cross-dressing (denmark)
Wedding March – Mendelssohn 1842 Wagner's "Bridal Chorus” 1858
Bride stands to the left
Broom jump (afr usa, xix)
Wedding Candles
Handfasting (Scandinavia)
Releasing doves
Carry the bride over threshold
Wedding Bread
Wedding rice
Wedding Wishing Tree
Unity Bowl (Australia)
Wooden Geese (korea)
Shooting the Bride (china)
No Smiles at the wedding (kongo)
Coin in the shoe (Celtic)
Paid dances with a bride
Wedding contests
Ice Hill (rus)
Kiss Bait (sweden)
Planting a tree (Holland)
Log Cutting (Germany)
Tearing the bridal dress
Stealing a shoe
Polterabend (germany)
Wedding Cake (anc rome, cake kissing game)
Cake Pull
Kransekake (norway)
A Groom's Cake
Aftermath
Charivari/Katzenmusik
Délicieux Toilette La Soupe
Honeymoon
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Wedding Customs

1. Wedding Customs

2. What is a wedding?

3. What is the difference between a civil and religious wedding?

4. What participants of the wedding do you know?

5. The best man (kidnapper)

6.

7. Bridesmaids and Groomsmen (anc greece)

8. Groomsman shaves the groom (greece)

9. Flower girl

10. Ring Bearer

11. Chauffeur

12. Usher

13. What typical symbols of wedding do you know?

14. Preparations

15. Engagement rings, (Pope Innocent 1214)

16. Dowry

17. Marriage Banns (1215, catholic)

18. Wedding Newspaper

19. Groom shouldn’t see the bride

20. Wooden Spoon Wooing (sc)

21. Fir tree cone pies

22. Ransoming the bride (until marriage act 1753)

23. Buy out (rus)

24. Milk Bath (Morocco)

25. Burying the Bourbon

26. Blackening (Scotland)

27. Stag night (sparta)

28. Hen Party (1970s, greek proaulia)

29. Ancient Greece Proaulia -woman spends her time with family and female friends, sacrifices her toys to Artemis (goddess of

Virginity)

30. Marrying a tree (india)

31. Wedding Day

32. Wedding Ring (venice 15)

33. Wedding Vows

34. Wedding bouquet

35. Wedding Garter

36. White Wedding Dress (victoria, 19)

37. Black Wedding Dress (Scandinavia)

38. Red Wedding Dress (eastern europe, asia)

39. Wedding dress cranes

40. Wedding Veil (anc greece)

41. Horns of Jealousy

42. Wedding Cross-dressing (denmark)

43. Wedding March – Mendelssohn 1842 Wagner's "Bridal Chorus” 1858

Wedding March – Mendelssohn 1842
Wagner's "Bridal Chorus” 1858

44. Bride stands to the left

45. Broom jump (afr usa, xix)

46. Wedding Candles

47. Handfasting (Scandinavia)

48. Releasing doves

49. Carry the bride over threshold

50. Wedding Bread

51. Wedding rice

52. Wedding Wishing Tree

53. Unity Bowl (Australia)

54. Wooden Geese (korea)

55. Shooting the Bride (china)

56. No Smiles at the wedding (kongo)

57. Coin in the shoe (Celtic)

58. Paid dances with a bride

59. Wedding contests

60. Ice Hill (rus)

61. Kiss Bait (sweden)

62. Planting a tree (Holland)

63. Log Cutting (Germany)

64. Tearing the bridal dress

65. Stealing a shoe

66. Polterabend (germany)

67. Wedding Cake (anc rome, cake kissing game)

68. Cake Pull

69. Kransekake (norway)

70. A Groom's Cake

71. Aftermath

72. Charivari/Katzenmusik

73. Délicieux Toilette La Soupe

74. Honeymoon

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