Wedding History
The tradition of throwing rice at weddings comes from antiquity. Rice symbolizes fertility and fecundity, so rice is believed to bring good luck to the newlyweds.
Before, instead of throwing rice at the newlyweds wheat seeds, but the high price reached was that this product be changed to rice grains, which were much more abundant and cheaper.
In certain countries, leaving the church or venue of the wedding, they launch other product, keeping all of them the idea and symbolism of wishing good luck and prosperity to the couple.
In Germany it is customary for the bridesmaids break dishes in front of the driveway, the night before the wedding, it seems that the pieces will bring good luck.
In Bulgaria, instead of rice, the bride and groom throws figs, they also symbolize fertility.
To wish luck, love and happiness, the couple, in China, drink wine and honey drinks adorned with red ribbons during the ceremony.
In France, the couple provided with so-called “double tops” which are a vessel with two handles.
While in Japan, the newly married couple, take nine sips of sake, rice wine.
Today, many couples have decided to change the tradition of throwing rice by other elements that are Read the rest of this entry »
Prior to the formalization of the wedding is an act which, according to the taste of the couple, often quite intimate and exciting, that is, the delivery of the engagement ring, the jewel more sentimental value that you will ever have.
This ring is given by the groom to the bride in a ceremony in which he asked to be his wife and through which he proposes marriage. Some couples organize a meeting for this family and close friends, others choose to do so alone usually the groom surprised the bride in an intimate dinner. That’s a great idea, indeed.
The delivery of the engagement ring comes at the time of the Roman knights, who gave as proof of their marriage promise an iron ring that his bride had to keep to this promise is fulfilled. Over time, this ring was slowly becoming a fine jewel, to finally become popular as a ring with a diamond crimp.
As the story goes, the first engagement ring with a diamond, was given by Archduke Maximilian of Austria to Mary of Burgundy in 1477.
The custom branded this ring should be worn on the ring finger of his left hand, and the Read the rest of this entry »