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	Wedding traditions and customs - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Wedding traditions and customs vary greatly between cultures, ethnic groups, religions, countries, and social classes and often reflect a particular view of marriage.
		At the start of a typical Italian wedding reception, the bridal party and the rest of the guests are separated for an hour and served cocktails.
		A Church of Scotland wedding and reception generally follows a fairly established set of customs and practices although most couples chose to adapt these to their own personal circumstances and preferences.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Wedding_traditions (2291 words)

	Muslim Wedding Traditions - WeddingDetails.com (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		Another tradition from the Muslims of South Asia is that when the bride enters her new home, her mother-in-law holds the Koran over her and the groom follows.
		The wedding reception is held when the husband brings his wife and her family back to a reception hosted by his family.
		Wedding Details is brought to you by www.wdweb.com, the same company that operates www.partydetails.com and www.morephotos.com.
	www.weddingdetails.com /lore/muslim.cfm (1330 words)

	Wedding Traditions
		Modern border weddings combine both the Mexican financial tradition and the American tradition of the bride's family assuming most expenses, with the result that both families help with all the expenses.
		Sponsors of the wedding, such a godparents and the bridesmaids and groomsmen, also provide or pay for some of the many traditions of both the ceremony and the party which follows.
		In the Mexican tradition, all of the wedding attendants are listed on the invitation with their special significance as padrinos noted.
	www.epcc.edu /ftp/Homes/monicaw/borderlands/10_wedding_traditions.htm (1682 words)

	Wedding Traditions
		WEDDING TRADITIONS is an exhibition that explores the specific types of garments worn in marriage ceremonies, including an historical examination of the traditional white wedding dress worn in American and European weddings, as well as an overview of the garments and surrounding traditions of several cultures represented in the Historic Costume and Textiles Collection.
		Traditional wedding dresses as we think of them today in America consist of a full-skirted white satin gown with high neck and sleeves of lace, and a veil headdress, both trimmed with lace and pearls.
		Weddings are a universal rite of passage, a process which requires one to separate from the old, pass from the old to the new, and finally, become a part of the new.
	www.hec.ohio-state.edu /people/ebradshaw/wedding/wedding_traditions.htm (2575 words)

	Wedding Shops Online- Wedding Traditions (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		The wedding ring is placed on the fourth finger of the left hand because it was traditionally believed that this finger was a direct connection to the heart -- the perfect place to place a symbol, representing eternal love and commitment.
		Tradition says that the single women who catches the bouquet is the one who receives the bride's fortune and will marry next.
		Wedding favors are momentos of the special occasion given to each wedding guest to thank them for sharing the momentous occasion with the bride and groom.
	www.advol.com /WedShops/traditions.htm (1954 words)

	Wedding Traditions and Folklore
		The term came from the tradition of the bride drinking mead (made of brewed, fermented honey) for one month (a lunar cycle) after the wedding ceremony to assure fertility and the 1st born to be a male.
		Weddings like this were very common in the past (In fact, in the puritan colonies of New England, such weddings were very common...the bride's age usually being about 15).
		Tradition states that a new wife must enter her new home by the front (or main) door and not trip or fall going in, as this would bring on bad luck.
	www.themarryingguy.com /traditions.html?1005529219700 (3527 words)

	Wedding Traditions (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		Traditions can come from your heritage, from your family, or be part of the social norms of your generation.
		Wedding traditions come with as many background stories as their are cultures.
		The thank you note sent after the wedding included a picture of the bride and groom on their wedding day and fit the frame so that you could put it over the picture of them as children.
	www.favorribbons.com /traditions.htm (1098 words)

	Wedding Superstitions & Traditions
		In Scotland it was traditional for the Bride to 'walk with the sun', proceeding from east to west on the south side of the church and then circling the Church three times 'sunwise' for good luck.
		Tradition dictates the new wife must enter her home by the main door and, to avoid bad luck, must never trip or fall - hence the custom that a bride should be carried over the threshold.
		Other traditions are that the bride should never make her own dress, that the final stitch should not be completed until she is departing for the Church and that she should never try on the entire outfit before the day.
	www.weddings.co.uk /info/tradsup.htm (1326 words)

	Wedding Traditions (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		Her wedding dress was embroidered with the plants of her realm: the Tudor rose of England, the leek of Wales, the shamrock of Ireland, the thistle of Scotland.
		One salutes and claims whomever he or she kisses, so the kiss is more than a delightful public display of the physical affections that complement the marriage; it is the way in which the groom claims the bride as his forevermore and the bride claims the groom as forever hers.
		Another tradition was that the couple went into hiding after the ceremony in case the bride's family tried to claim her back.
	www.magusfloral.com /Wedding_Traditions/wedding_traditions.html (1719 words)

	Celtic wedding traditions (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		Weddings are a time when families look back at their roots and dream about their future.
		With an eye to the future, the brooch or pendant that is something new for the present wedding can be loaned at a future wedding and might be the something old at the wedding of your daughter or granddaughter.
		Weddings are a unique moment when the bride and groom are the center of attention at a party that they and their family offers to their friends and relatives.
	www.celtarts.com /WEDDING/traditions.htm (3685 words)

	WeddingGuideUK.com - Wedding Traditions (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		During the playing of this song, it is traditional for the groom to dance with his new mother-in-law and then with his mother, while the bride dances with her new father-in-law and then with her father.
		The many tiered, elaborately iced, traditional wedding cakes of today are based on the unusual shape of the spire of St Bride's church in London.
		In Victorian times, the tradition of breaking the cake over the bride's head was believed to promote fertility and unmarried girls would pass a piece of the cake through the bride's wedding ring and place it under their pillow believing that they would dream of their future husband.
	www.weddingguide.co.uk /articles/planning/traditions.asp (2693 words)

	Weddings Galore - Wedding Traditions
		In the 1800's, wedding cakes were fruitcakes (before baking powder, baking soda, etc) and this tradition was brought to the US with the Pilgrams from England.
		One tradition is that a bride who keeps a piece of her wedding cake will have a loving and faithful husband.
		The tradition was usually reserved just for royalty, with gifts being of great value such as precious stones, gold, porcelain, etc. Of course not everyone can afford gifts such as these, so as the tradition became common among all of society gifts such as glass, confections, etc. were substituted.
	www.weddingsgalore.com /traditions.html (1084 words)

	Mexican Wedding Traditions - WeddingDetails.com (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		In some cities of northern Mexico, there is the tradition of giving a ring called "of promise" that occurs before the ring of commitment, sometimes up to a year before giving the one of commitment.
		In establishing the wedding budget, and particularly in contracting for wedding services, it is important to know which sponsors may be paying for what part of the wedding.
		In ancient times, the wedding day the weddings were held in the bride's yard or house.
	www.weddingdetails.com /lore/mexican.cfm (1605 words)

	Irish Wedding Traditions - Weddings (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		The presentation of wedding rings symbolizes that the man and woman are united forever.
		After many weddings, the guests throw rice at the bride and groom as a wish for children and good fortune.
		Tradition tells us that the Claddagh ring was passed from mother to first daughter.
	weddings.bellaonline.com /articles/art6971.asp (551 words)

	German Wedding Traditions
		after the wedding when the bride leaves the church, friends throw rice on them and it is said that they will get as many children as rice grains stay in the hair of the bride.
		the wedding cake, mostly a large cake with lots of ornaments, has to be cut by the bride and the groom together.
		at the wedding evening a lot of games are played, speeches are held (the first normally from the father of the bride), sometimes a wedding newspaper is handed out.
	www.germanculture.com.ua /library/weekly/aa030601a.htm (580 words)

	Wedding Thoughts and Traditions
		Think about it, what makes a wedding memorable certainly isn't having a cookie cutter wedding, and throwing every tradition in it cause either you think it is required, or you think it would be a "good" idea.
		If we were to be following tradition the groom would be paid to take the burden of a daughter off the parents' hands (hence why the parents' of the bride have customarily paid for the wedding).
		This is a neat carry-over of all the meanings in a wedding, rather all the superstitions in a wedding.
	weddings.pirate-king.com (1408 words)

	Weddings in Bliss! - The Weddings Magazine - [Wedding Traditions]
		You wear your wedding ring on the fourth finger of your left hand because it was said that "...from this finger a nerve went direct to the heart."
		The ceremony is to be held in a traditional hut or 'teepee'.
		It was tradition for the family to annoint the doorpost with fine oil and herbs.
	www.blissweddings.com /library/traditions2.asp (1460 words)

	Ethnic Wedding Customs (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		The traditional wedding cake is a fruitcake, and the top tier is called the "christening cake", which is saved for the baptism of the couples first child.
		The Claddagh wedding tradition originates from the tale about a man in ancient Galway.He was soon to become wed and was taken prisoner by roving sailors and forced into labor in a foreign land.
		The bride in a Quaker wedding ceremony is presented to the groom by herself, for it is believed that she belongs to no one but herself.
	members.aol.com /Mjkarl/ethnic.htm (2445 words)

	virtualitalia.com - italian wedding customs & traditions
		In preparation for the wedding, the bride assembled a bundle (dote), consisting of household items, linens, her clothing, and sometimes even her future husband's clothes, to bring to the home of the groom.
		On the day of the wedding, the bride is not supposed to wear any gold, until after her wedding ring is slipped out.
		The elaborate wedding of the bride and groom brings together the friends and relatives of both families in a celebration of their new relationship.
	www.virtualitalia.com /articles/wedding.shtml (1411 words)

	Wedding Articles: Wedding Traditions
		gold wedding ring, a tall, tiered cake with cream flourishes, the blushing bride's long, white gown -- all are traditions we associate with modern weddings.
		The actual wedding cake was a pound cake that was broken up and sprinkled over the couple as a sign of fertility.
		In ancient tribal days a girl was wrapped in a sheet with a knot tied in the front, signifying to the groom and his family that she was a virgin.
	www.weddinglinks.com /ARTICLES/montero1.html (534 words)

	Wedding Traditions and Customs
		In continuing with the discussion of the white wedding dress, it should be noted that – in Biblical days – blue represented purity.
		Finally, during the reign of King Charles II of England, it became customary for cake to be a palatable palace iced with sugar.
		It should be noted that a white wedding dress is in no way indicative of The "purity" of the bride-to-be.
	www.aomdj.com /traditio.htm (1055 words)

	Wedding Traditions - Wedding Guide and Planner
		The wedding gown is often chosen as the new item.
		At some weddings the man who catches the garter will place it on the leg of the lady who caught the bouquet or they may start the next dance.
		It is also common for the recipients of the bouquet and garter to have a photograph taken with the bride and groom.
	www.weddingtips.com /wttradit.html (348 words)

	Discovering Wedding Traditions of the Past - Everything from the veil, rice, flowers, and old shoes, to the bridesmaids ...
		Discovering Wedding Traditions of the Past - Everything from the veil, rice, flowers, and old shoes, to the bridesmaids and processionals, at one time, bore a very specific and vitally significant meaning.
		The wedding is one of life's primeval and surprisingly unchanged rites of passage.
		Remember, as you plan for your wedding, to create new family traditions and customs to be handed down to your children and their children.
	www.ourmarriage.com /html/discovering_the_past.html (264 words)

	Ukraine and Ukrainian Arts & Culture at BRAMA
		An interesting compromise is to wear the white gown and veil for the civil part of the wedding, the registration of the marriage contract, and to wear Ukrainian dress for all of the parts of the wedding celebrated in the home.
		The main ritual, whether the civil or the church ceremony, is followed by a separation of the couple and the fetching of the bride by the groom's wedding train.
		After the ritual resistance, the groom's wedding train is admitted, and after further demands for payment from the groom, permitted to join the bride's family at the table.
	www.brama.com /art/wedding.html (1630 words)

	"German Wedding Traditions"
		Written by Angela Phelan Seattle, WA A special way to make your wedding more personal is to incorporate your culture and heritage.
		In Germany there are many unique traditions and customs that could make your wedding very memorable and add a special touch to your day.
		* At the wedding reception, it is custom for the best man to steal the bride and bring her to a local pub until the groom finds them, often called kidnapping the bride.
	www.ultimatewedding.com /articles/get.php?action=getarticle&articleid=1162 (573 words)

	Wedding Traditions
		Europeans followed a similar tradition, and later bridesmaids and groomsmen sometimes did have to defend the happy couple against real-life thugs and warriors.
		In another tradition, a pair of wooden ducks, one symbolizing the bride and the other the groom, can indicate whether couples are happy or at odds.
		It's a Cajun tradition for older unmarried brothers and sisters of the bride or groom to dance with a broom at the wedding reception--thus mocking their single status.
	www.weddingflowersandmore.com /wedding-traditions.htm (1467 words)

	Wedding Traditions
		The tradition was given a boost by Queen Victoria who chose to marry in white instead of silver, which was the traditional color of royal brides.
		In some Jewish weddings there is a ritual where the groom ensures that the bride is his intended before placing the veil over her face.
		The tradition of feeding each other wedding cake is supposed to symbolize the first meal that the bride and groom share together.
	www.weddingshowergifts.com /resources/wedding_traditions.php (2658 words)

	Irish Wedding Traditions
		There is one wedding Irish tradition that states: 'Marry in May and Rue The Day' while another states: 'Marry in April if you can, joy for maiden and for man'.
		What began as a search for Irish traditions and customs that she could incorporate into her celebration ended up as an incredible pile of notes that eventually took on a life of its own.
		Long after her wedding, I was still obsessed with delving into history and folklore, looking for everything I could find on how weddings were celebrated in Ireland long ago.
	www.ireland-information.com /articles/irishweddingtraditions.htm (1444 words)

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