Some Odd Weddings Traditions
Weddings : Some Odd Traditions
Man and woman being together as one, for the rest of their lives.
Sounds romantic doesn’t it? For the man and the woman to leave their families and to be as one and form a new family. This is the foundation of the marriage tradition. Throughout the ages of time, having a family and being married are two notions the are so closely related, it is almost impossible to separate them.
Every culture in the world celebrates marriage in some way. Although the laws, customs, and cultures may differ, they all still recognize the union of man and woman under one roof.
marriage has evolved in so many ways from the different cultures all throughout the world and over the ages of time. Each unique culture will have a different way to celebrate union of marriage. But in each culture, there has always been one thing that has remained the same - that in every culture, every tribe, marriage has always been celebrated with the utmost of festivities, of singing, eating, and celebrating.
Adding to these festivities there has been several traditions that have developed even more along the way from their original beginnings and roots.
The Wedding Cake Long ago the tradition was for the groom’s family to make a simple cake for the bride as a gift and this has now evolved to the fabulous wedding cakes we use to celebrate with today. These small cakes where called, ’groom’s cakes’ and were put under the brides pillow the evening before the wedding event. The bride would then sleep and dream of the groom, and yes, squish that cake into oblivion.
This cake could easily be termed as ’pound cake’ because it would be “pound up” and then they would give pieces to people to crumble and toss at the new couple as a sign of fertility. That is where the today’s custom of tossing rice on the bride and groom originally came from.
Wedding cakes today usually will have several layers to them. The higher the stack, the more glamorous the cake. People usually regard these arrangements as merely style. However, they were done so in the past as a symbol of fertility. Couples would stack these cakes to symbolize how many children they wished the couple to have. It was a long tradition that the more stacks in the cake the more children they would have.
Time to Tie the Knot
Now the truth can be told, tying the knot did not necessarily mean getting knotted together. During ancient tribal times, the bride would usually be wrapped in a sheep skin with a knot out in front. It was a symbol of virginity. The groom then had the honor of untying the knot on the wedding night.
Best Man - Secret Agent The best man used to play a different role in the early middle ages. During tribal times, it was the best man’s duty to abduct potential brides from other tribes. He would usually club the tribal lady over the head and then begin to carry her back to his home tribe, sounds like something from a comic strip but it’s true. It was also the best man’s job to ward off the angry relatives of the bride. So in the early days, it was the best man who took guard with his club while the groom got hitched.
Today
Fortunately for us, today’s weddings are far less barbaric in nature and there have been a lot of changes from many of the wedding traditions of old. Having traditions and understanding them will help make your special day full of deep significance and meaning.
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