Weddings are a time to celebrate. They're a time to excitedly welcome a new stage of life for beloved friends and family members.
Otherwise, the traditions are simple niceties you observe to "put on a wedding." Although the traditional meaning may be lost, the people involved are no worse off than those that understand it.
Many have developed traditions that thoroughly embarrass and annoy the bride and groom on their special day. Here are three wedding traditions you should be grateful aren't apart of your culture.
For example, the wedding ring traditionally symbolizes an eternal love. Since the band has no end, it is a reminder to the wearer that their love can last eternally, so work to keep it happy.
It's not the only answer though. Many stories purport the origin to different things. One in particular dates the tradition back to prehistoric times.
As the tradition became the thing to do, the raucous would sometimes turn into vandalism. Not only would the couple have a difficult evening to deal with, but they were sometimes left with a mess to clean up as well.
Second, who knew that throwing things throughout the entire ceremony could come as part of the wedding package when you married in the Czech Republic? It is a tradition to throw things at the bride and groom periodically from the beginning of the ceremony through the end.
Should she lift the veil herself, it would be a shameful act telling the world that she saw herself at the same level as the man. A woman understanding that initial symbolism today might lift her own veil to ensure the world knows that she is an equal.
To make matters worse, at one point, a plate is thrown at the feet of the couple. The tradition is for the couple to clean the plate up together, symbolizing unity in their marriage.
Neither party is "wrong" per se, but there can definitely be strife and misunderstanding in the events that follow.
If perfectly symbolized on the ring, it might be made into a perfectly cylindrical band with an extra piece curving away from the circle. This would symbolize that love started, but is now in a continual loop.
A concoction of the smelliest, grossest items is mixed together to cover the bride with the day before her wedding. The concoction is made up of eggs, vegetables, dairy, feathers, fish, and sausages and is dumped on her.
Once completely covered, she is then carried around town with a crowd that tries to make as much noise as possible. It's like a bachelorette party gone wrong.
The band Train, for instance, recently civilly married a couple in the middle of a concert in Salt Lake City. The venue changes according to the significance those locations have in the minds of the couple.
Sometimes the groom is also kidnapped and made to smell like a pig that's wallowed in too much mud. He joins the bride in the procession and they are thoroughly embarrassed together the day before their matrimony.
Remember that when you casually throw aside traditions, it can hurt your parents and grandparents because it means something to them. You may have to honor the tradition anyways, or talk to them about it in such a way so as not to hurt their feelings.
It matters more now what it means to you and your spouse than it does what it meant to the cavemen of old. Create your own meaning and purpose with your wedding bands.
Otherwise, the traditions are simple niceties you observe to "put on a wedding." Although the traditional meaning may be lost, the people involved are no worse off than those that understand it.
Many have developed traditions that thoroughly embarrass and annoy the bride and groom on their special day. Here are three wedding traditions you should be grateful aren't apart of your culture.
For example, the wedding ring traditionally symbolizes an eternal love. Since the band has no end, it is a reminder to the wearer that their love can last eternally, so work to keep it happy.
It's not the only answer though. Many stories purport the origin to different things. One in particular dates the tradition back to prehistoric times.
As the tradition became the thing to do, the raucous would sometimes turn into vandalism. Not only would the couple have a difficult evening to deal with, but they were sometimes left with a mess to clean up as well.
Second, who knew that throwing things throughout the entire ceremony could come as part of the wedding package when you married in the Czech Republic? It is a tradition to throw things at the bride and groom periodically from the beginning of the ceremony through the end.
Should she lift the veil herself, it would be a shameful act telling the world that she saw herself at the same level as the man. A woman understanding that initial symbolism today might lift her own veil to ensure the world knows that she is an equal.
To make matters worse, at one point, a plate is thrown at the feet of the couple. The tradition is for the couple to clean the plate up together, symbolizing unity in their marriage.
Neither party is "wrong" per se, but there can definitely be strife and misunderstanding in the events that follow.
If perfectly symbolized on the ring, it might be made into a perfectly cylindrical band with an extra piece curving away from the circle. This would symbolize that love started, but is now in a continual loop.
A concoction of the smelliest, grossest items is mixed together to cover the bride with the day before her wedding. The concoction is made up of eggs, vegetables, dairy, feathers, fish, and sausages and is dumped on her.
Once completely covered, she is then carried around town with a crowd that tries to make as much noise as possible. It's like a bachelorette party gone wrong.
The band Train, for instance, recently civilly married a couple in the middle of a concert in Salt Lake City. The venue changes according to the significance those locations have in the minds of the couple.
Sometimes the groom is also kidnapped and made to smell like a pig that's wallowed in too much mud. He joins the bride in the procession and they are thoroughly embarrassed together the day before their matrimony.
Remember that when you casually throw aside traditions, it can hurt your parents and grandparents because it means something to them. You may have to honor the tradition anyways, or talk to them about it in such a way so as not to hurt their feelings.
It matters more now what it means to you and your spouse than it does what it meant to the cavemen of old. Create your own meaning and purpose with your wedding bands.
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