Weddings around the World: Customs and Traditions
AustriaThe bride wears a headdress embellished with myrtle leaves. After the ceremony, the couple’s closest friends wear hats with robin feathers and entertain the guests with fun games and jokes. During the dance someone kidnaps the bride and her father will have to look for her. If he fails he will be subjected to penance. The midnight waltz that the bride and groom will dance outdoors is classic. AustraliaAll communities living in Australia love parties very much, whether they live in the cities to give vent to the desire to celebrate and have fun, or whether they live in the open countryside. And […]
What will weddings in 2024 be like?
The new trends speak clearly, very clearly indeed! The weddings of 2024 will have colors as the protagonist: flowers and floral compositions with strong and decisive colors… orange, indigo purple, bright yellow, red will certainly be among the protagonists. There are those who instead think of a more sober and elegant theme, perhaps using pastel colors for the tones of the floral arrangements and the mise en place… don’t worry because in 2024 everything is allowed and there will be no precise rules. Above all, the spouses of 2024 will focus a lot on personalizing their event, giving ample use […]
The symbolic rites to know for your wedding
Here we explain them in detail and help you choose the one that’s right for you and tell you when and what you need to organize it.First let’s talk about what the symbolic ceremony is. When approaching symbolic marriage for the first time, one of the first things that comes to mind is: how can we make the moment of union meaningful?After all, it is not a shared marriage, so there will be no signatures in the registers to mark the moment of the union, and it is not a church wedding, so there will not be the classic phrase […]
Among the many rites of symbolic weddings there is one for Christians: the braid rite.
Most of the symbolic rites have very ancient and distant origins (many rites recall English, Scottish, Celtic but also Indian traditions), above all the majority of symbolic rites are chosen because the couple wants to unite through the blessing of one or more elements of nature. However, there is a very beautiful and ancient ritual, which finds its origins in the Bible and in particular in the Old Testament. We are talking about the braiding ritual: a ritual that is a symbol of union and Alliance with God. It is especially recommended for “Christian” or mixed “Christian and Muslim” couples […]