Wedding customs Bashny.Net

During the development of the civilization of mankind, consisting of countless cultures and religions, it has made an enormous contribution to the wedding rituals and customs. Many of them are amazing and incredible, and some unnecessarily cruel and unmerciful.



Spain newlyweds repaired all sorts of obstacles on the way to the wedding night. They chased the whole crowd, and if you managed to catch, seated back to back riding on a donkey, tied with rope and stabbed with sharp sticks or forced to plow the land, tie the plow in.

In Albania, it was important to fool evil spirits, always ready to prevent good fortune Suite. The young husband for the first three nights after marriage her husband was obliged to resist, avoiding intimacy. This was done in order to prove its evil spirits chastity and virtue.

Sweden - a country free of morals. Widespread was fornication among young people. That celebrated the wedding, invited young people broke into pairs and go home. This is called "night courtship" or "bed of the partnership." In the villages, the peasant girls often did not marry until until conceive what was considered proof of the possibility of having children.

Australian Aborigines have existed at all barbaric custom

Contrived to marry a savage, armed with a heavy cudgel, went into the woods for days and stalking of women from a neighboring tribe, goes hunting. Finally, choose the future spouse, he waited until she left without witnesses, quietly crept up from behind and with all his strength lowered the cudgel on the head of his lady. She fainted, and drag away happy groom her into the bushes, and if it was possible, brought to life, and then under the strict supervision of personnel led to his family, where the public got a hold of it as proof of his strength and valor under the cheers tribesmen.

Interesting wedding rituals and customs exist in Kenya

The young husband for a honeymoon should wear women's clothing, women's difficult to feel the stake. Wife is a sign of the acquisition of the new status are colored hands and nails special ritual red and black ornament, which is held throughout the year.

In Nigeria, if the girl before marriage as it should, do not gain weight, it will return to the parental home. The beginning of the married life together symbolize the groom jumping over a broom.

At the Don Cossacks decided to bestow the bride dress and ornaments. No dowry is not supposed.

The American Indians probably were times when the bride valued its weight in gold. The young man, hoping to start a family, previously supposed to excel innumerable feats of valor and courage. The hero, collecting gifts, came to the house of the chosen one and waited for a few days inviting her parents, who all sorts of way insulted and abused him, and sometimes used as free labor. If, however, the bride pleased the parents allowed him into the house and were bargaining for a bride.

Perhaps the heaviest share of ardent suitors expects African tribe "for»

Lover applicant husband passed through a system of family ladylove that while frantically beating the unfortunate gentleman sticks. (One can not help recall the famous phrase: "Marry need an orphan!") If the groom had the stamina and endurance to go through the test, did not utter a single groan and groaning, then he is ready to carry the burdens of family ties. Well, if it is cowardly retreated too bad: Why do I need a husband-wimp!

Wedding ceremonies and customs in India symbolize unity with nature

In some parts of India, there is a wedding ceremony ... trees. The fact is that according to local customs younger brother can not raise a family as long as married older. And what if his younger brother pripeklo marry? The way out of this situation is the marriage of his elder brother in a tree. Choose a tree poraskidistey usually plane tree, decorate it as the bride, the groom and the sum declare that from now on they are husband and wife, and then immediately organize a small wedding feast. Then, turning the remnants of the feast, the guests take out the ax and cut down the tree at the root with the words: "Your wife has died!" "Inconsolable" widower safely returned home, and his younger brother widower has nothing prevents married.

In the Indian state of Punjab is still the custom to marry a tree men wishing to enter into the third marriage. As strange customs of this state a man can marry twice, four, and more ... But on the third marriage imposed a strict ban. Laws of religion is not forbidden to love trees, and nothing can be a barrier to "druidnomu" marriage. Therefore, noting the third marriage and suddenly widowed, the inveterate sensualist has no more obstacles on the way to the next marriage.

Trees in India not only served as "wives". A woman could take the tree as a silent and devoted husband. But unlike the men she had no right to "widowed" and had until the end of days to take care of her husband and look after his welfare.

The guarantee of a successful marriage in Nigeria is the weight of the bride. The bride is voluminous, the greater her chances of getting married. For this reason, the girls 'marriageable' placed in a special "incubator" where they are throughout the year are fixed way of life, while absorbing nemerenoe number of high-calorie food, delivered to her relatives.

But in Nepal, talks about marriage being between two future mothers. "Groom" and "bride", which is still in the embryonic stage of development, declared betrothed. If children are born of the same sex, the engagement is terminated.

Somalis have for newlyweds hunted incredibly angry, but the spirits of the recent mad African bush. To deceive evil creatures, they "slip" dummy bride and groom, who take all the adversity, stockpiled Suite, themselves. Of course, not everyone is willing to sacrifice her own happiness and to go on such a feat. Therefore tolerate crime on itself spirits taken only true professionals, and for a good price. These same couple at this time hiding in a secret, but a safe place, where no evil can not reach them.