PECULIAR WEDDING CUSTOMS
Added on: 7th Sep 2015
IN SOME PARTS OF SCOTLAND THE BRIDE'S
FRIENDS COVER HER IN TRASH AND
TIE HER TO A TREE
IN INDIA WOMEN THAT ARE BORN ON A CERTAIN DAY OF
THE YEAR ARE CONSIDERED CURSED AND WILL BRING
THEIR HUSBAND AND EARLY DEATH. THE ONLY WAY TO
BREAK THE CURSE IS TO GET MARRIED TO A TREE FIRST
AND THEN THE DESTROY THE TREE.
IN NORTHERN BORNEO NEWLYWEDS ARE CONFINED
TO THEIR HOUSE WHILE NOT EMPTYING THEIR
BOWELS OR URINATING FOR THREE DAYS
IN SOME PARTS OF INDIA THE BRIDE'S FAMILY
TRIES TO STEAL THE GROOM'S SHOES AND HOLD
THEM FOR RANSOM
IN GERMANY THE GUESTS BRING THE NEWLYWEDS
NEW DISHES AS GIFTS AND THEN THEY SMASH
THEM TO DRIVE OFF EVIL SPIRITS
KOREAN TRADITION DICTATES THAT THE GROOM
HAS HIS FEET BEATEN WITH FISH OR A CANE BEFORE
HIS FIRST NIGHT AS A MARRIED MAN. TO TEST HIS
TRUE STRENGTH AND CHARACTER.
IN THE CULTURE OF THE TUJIA PEOPLE IN CHINA,
THE WOMEN OF THE BRIDE'S FAMILY START
CRYING FOR 1 HOUR EVERYDAY 1 MONTH
BEFORE THE WEDDING.
WHILE WEARING WHITE MIGHT BE THE NORMAL THING
TO DO IN THE WEST, IN MOST COUNTRIES THE BRIDE
WEARS SOMETHING A LOT MORE COLOURFUL AS
WHITE IS THE COLOUR OF MOURNING.
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