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Wedding traditions and customs vary from one country to another, but each one is
special and celebrates the marriage bond of the newly weds.
Belgium
Brazil
China
Colombia
Eastern Europe
El Salvador
When the wedding ceremony service starts, a group of seven men goes to the
bride's home. The bride and her family are waiting for seven white cars which
escort the bride's car until they arrive at the church. Finally, the bride enters the
church and then the nuptial song starts playing.
Walter E. Hernndez
Germany
India
Nicky Dale
Indonesia
Iran
Japan
Korea
After the wedding ceremony is finished, the bride and bridegroom change into
Korean traditional clothes and bow to their parents and elder relatives. Then, the
parents and older relatives give them many nuts, Jujube, and some money. Nuts
and Jujube mean they will have children, and they wish the bride and bridegroom a
happy marriage.
Kim Young Lee
Mexico
Saudi Arabia
On the wedding night, the man dresses in white clothes and a long cover called a
Bisht, and the woman dresses in white. At the end of the wedding, the man goes
with his father and relatives to his marriage room and sits to drink some coffee for
a few minutes. Then they leave.
Then the woman comes with her mother and relatives and do the same thing. This
removes the stress of the man and the woman, so they are together to start a new
life. The morning after the wedding, the man gives a gift to his wife.
Abdullah Al-Subaiei
Our special thing is the food. At the party, they cook special, traditional food--rice
and a whole sheep on a big plate--and they cook 8-15 plates because usually there
are a lot of people at the party.
After dinner, the bridegroom goes out from the back door and takes his wife to start
their honeymoon, but sometimes--or usually--his friends will play big jokes on him.
For example, they may take him before he leaves with his wife to have a picnic in a
place he cannot get back from (the desert) for about 2-3 days to make him late for
his honeymoon.
Mazen Al-Qarawi
Spain
- If a groom's friend cuts a piece of the groom's tie, he'll get married soon.
- If the bride wears something blue, she'll have a happy marriage.
- If the groom sees the bride's dress, she'll have bad luck during the ceremony.
Carmen Caffarena
Taiwan
Turkey
- If you get married between two annual religious festivals that are two months
apart, you might be unlucky.
-If you write the name of one of your friends under the sole of your shoes in your
wedding ceremony, and it is erased, he/she will wed in a short period of time.
- If you catch a candy which is thrown by the bride, you will wed in a short period
of time.
Turhan Ece
Venezuela
The bride also has to repeat the same commandments. It is popular for the couple
to sing the promises to each other. This moment is really beautiful. In addition, the
couple receives a list of commandments.
Sonia Dale