Old and new wedding traditions and rituals

Wedding is an important celebration in the life of every person. In addition to creating a new family, each of the couple changes their life, status, goals and priorities. Everyone wants to have a strong marriage, and the relations of the newlyweds are the best. Therefore, our people are trying so hard to honor their wedding traditions and rites in order to ensure a smooth family life in every possible way.

Redemption of the bride

Now in our country there is no division into native, Slavic, and western wedding traditions. Modern wedding so skilfully all crossed, that at times not even to understand, whence there came to us some action. So, for example, the ransom of the bride is a tradition of many peoples of the world, including ours. It is believed that the bride for the bride must pay a solid jackpot, then the parents can calmly give the daughter in marriage. Today, everything happens a little differently, in a certain game, when the groom, having failed to carry out this or that task related to the bride, must pay compensation.

Boutonniere

Modern wedding traditions and rituals suggest the groom has a small bouquet of flowers - a buttonhole, which binds the bride to his betrothed. But today this tradition has been changed a little, ideally the girls just wove their wreaths to their grooms as a sign of love and devotion.

The bride's bouquet

This custom is also somewhat transformed, but the flowers were always there. Only before the bride threw a wreath in the crowd of unmarried girls who decorated their head during the wedding ceremony. It was believed that the lucky woman, who had caught the wreath of the bride, would soon be getting married.

Dishes

At all times there were also very interesting wedding traditions and rituals. Such, for example, is the smashing of dishes. Today, as they say, it beats happily: the more small fragments, the more happiness the young will have. But earlier this tradition had a somewhat different purpose. So they checked the chastity of the bride. If the dishes, most often clay, broke up, then the girl is innocent, if the whole remained, the bride had a hard time, and to prove the truth to the superstitious inhabitants was oh, how uneasy.

"Bitterly"

Today at weddings they shout: "It's bitter!", So that the young ones kiss. But earlier this word had a slightly different meaning. So, in the old days all who gave a gift, necessarily poured a glass of vodka. And the man, having drunk the contents of the cup, had to say: "It's bitter!" To certify those present that it was vodka that was drunk, and not water. Here such interesting Russian wedding traditions have remained with us and till now.

Witnesses

Wedding ceremonies and traditions of Russia suggest the presence of witnesses at every celebration. They must put their signatures in the registry office and assure others of the authenticity of the couple's marriage. But earlier witnesses had a somewhat different purpose. Even in ancient times, they were needed in order to deceive unclean forces and protect a young couple from adversity. Somewhat later, in the difficult Middle Ages, witnesses also saved the young, but this time from a real threat from the side of the Likhods.

Scythe

Modern wedding traditions and rituals suggest taking off the bride's veils and tie a handkerchief as a sign that the lady is already married. Previously, the custom was somewhat different. The girl was rented a wreath and must have braided the braid. This was done for the last time, because It was believed that a married woman should not walk a simple-haired woman. Then the girls did their hair to the bride, and she forever said goodbye to her hair on her shoulders.