Good day!I Today I want to talk about
English wedding in the past and today, its traditions and signs. Lets start!
1)
The bride’s dress at the wedding in the
English style.
It is interesting that
traditionally for a wedding in England the bride wore a blue dress. But after
Queen Victoria married in a white wedding dress, fashion has changed. Although
the Irish-style wedding bride is still they wear blue dresses.
According to tradition the
bride on the wedding day must have four things:
- something old-like a
connection with her roots and past.
- something new- to
successfully start a new chapter in life.
- something blue-as a
symbol of purity bride.
- something borrowed from
woman whose marriage is successful- to make the marriage happy.
Also in England there is a
wedding tradition to wear a bracelet to the ceremony in the form of horseshoes
to attract good luck to the family. But modern brides more often tie a
horseshoe to the bouquet.
2)
Groom’s and guests clothes.
Groom dresses standard
business suit black or grey colour. At the traditional English wedding there
are bridesmaids. All of them necessarily wear dresses of the same colour, which
the bride chose, and sometimes of the same style.
3)
Features of the English wedding ceremony.
You can register your a
marriage in England in special offices. But the most couples prefer to follow
traditions and customs and they are having an English wedding in a church.
Although in our time exit ceremonies are popular, especially if the bride and groom
want a themed wedding. On the wedding day, bride and groom are in different
places, because seeing the bride before the ceremony is bad sign. After the
ceremony the young are showered with the coloured rice and confetti for luck.
4)
English breakfast.
That’s what the English
call a wedding banquet. In the old days by law the wedding ceremony was to be
held in the church from eight in the morning to noon. Wedding breakfast
includes several moments:
-the first dance of the
young.
- the dance of the bride
with her father and the groom with his mother.
-the tossing of the
bouquet.
-the cutting of the cake
5) Old wedding
traditions.
For the British, the
choice of the day and month of the wedding is very important. May as a rule
was considered a bad month. The most successful time for wedding was considered
the week after Trinity day. The most successful day for marriage was called Wednesday.
People went to a church with musicians which played on the violins.
The English are conservative
people, what we can see in their wedding traditions which are not much has
changed over the centuries. If compare an English wedding with a wedding in
another country in Europe, we can see very large similarities in tradition and
ceremonies.
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