11 wedding traditions from around the world

From a month long of crying in China, to a turmeric bath in India and wearing wedding lassos in Mexico – Vogue takes a look at different wedding traditions celebrated around the world.

The event of a wedding always comes with traditions. From all around the world, see how different wedding traditions seal true love in numerous different ways. From faux kidnappings in Russia to Austrian brides being awaken from a gunshot, with fulfilling these wedding traditions those who wed will live a happy and long life together. 

Brazil

In Brazil it’s traditional for brides to write down the names of their single female friends inside the hem of their wedding dress (Greek brides also do this, but on the soles of their shoes). This blessing is to bring them good luck and marriage. The Brazilian bride also wears gold shoes which, during the “heel-and-toe dance” at the reception, are placed on the dance floor for guests to drop gifts of cash into.

Nigeria

Here it’s all about marriage material, literally. Vibrant costume changes are a customary wedding tradition for Nigerian brides, dressing for several ceremonies in various ancestral-rooted robes. Ensembles are made from aso oke, hand-woven fabric symbolic of the bride’s family’s tribe, her new husband’s tribe, or both. Fabric and colour consistency is key, with the couple setting a matching dress-code agenda, an aso ebi, for their guests to wear too.

Austria

Austrian weddings go off with a bang. In the upper regions of Salzkammergut, Tyrol and Styria, wedding traditions include gunshots or firecrackers to wake the bride up early on her wedding day, with neighbours and friends creating chaos outside the house to frighten off evil spirits.

Japan

The sake-drinking ceremony of san san kudo (meaning “three three nines times”) is one of the oldest Japanese wedding traditions, dating back to the 1600s. Instead of exchanging wedding vows, the bride and groom – and parents too – sip sake, three times each, from three different-sized cups. The first set of sips represents sealing the bond between the families, while the second three sips represent hatred, passion and ignorance. The last three sips represent freedom from those former flaws. Three is considered a lucky number and so nine sips is equal to triple happiness.

Tunisia

Drawing on very old wedding traditions, henna, which is believed to bring good luck, plays a special part in a Tunisian wedding, where the couple is celebrated for six days before the actual ceremony. In the initial henna ceremony the paste is painted in intricate floral and butterfly designs on the bride’s hands and feet by a female member of her family. The harkous ceremony comes the day after, where henna is reapplied as female musicians play traditional Tunisian songs.

source:- https://www.vogue.com.au/brides/trends/11-wedding-traditions-from-around-the-world/image-gallery/4f076add293c60b96adb61bfd9391a49