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The most unusual wedding traditions around the world

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Every day in the four corners of the world thousands of weddings are celebrated according to various traditions. Whether in the Maghreb or in Asia, passing through Latin America, each country goes from its own culture, its own outfits with various wedding dresses to realize this dream of a day prepared by the greatest care of the world. couple so that it remains an original marriage. 1. In the United Kingdom "Something old. Something new. Something borrowed. Something blue. This 19th century tradition invites the bride to wear an old garment as well as a new one, another borrowed and a blue object. This practice would bring luck to newlyweds. 2. In Germany The day before the ceremony, relatives of the bride and groom are invited to the home of the couple to break a maximum of dishes in order to ward off evil spirits and dismiss disputes. 3. In Greece During the preparations, the Greek bride hides a piece of sugar in her glove. Symbol of sweetness, this ...

Traditional Ghanaian Wedding

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In the traditional wedding ceremony in Ghana, the future husband, accompanied by his family, goes to his bride's home and officially asks for her hand in the presence of friends, relatives and relatives. It is a common ritual essential to all marriages in Ghana. The wedding ceremonies in Ghana begin with the "knocking" (kokako) around the house. In this ritual, the future husband accompanied by his father and some members of his family go to the bride's house to announce their intentions towards the bride. Most of the time, this passage takes place a week or two before the official wedding ceremony. On the set date, the bridegroom, accompanied by relatives and relatives, arrives early at the bride's home. With lots of things that are required prior to all weddings: The dowry: In Ghana it is an important part of the ceremony: money, valuable gifts or whatever wealth to give to the bride's family in exchange for their "precious flower" and t...

Wedding in USA

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1. The marriage proposal  in the country of "bigger is better", it is in the interest of Mr. The ring is very important, and an impressive number of people will shake the left ring finger until it comes off (unfortunately, you have to see it to believe it). The demand itself is also very codified, with knee to the ground and statement burning. And Prince Charming has the pressure, because everyone will ask the couple how the request was made, even complete strangers - think grandparents' primary school buddies. 2. The town hall / place of worship I've already talked a bit about it here, but in the United States, there's no need for a town hall and / or place of worship. It's one or the other. My Prince Charming being an atheist, I thought we were getting married at the town hall. Not at all ! Already, we get married in court (I let you imagine the splendor of the place). And then, it's 5 guests maximum. If you want to have both parents, you...