Something Old, Something New - Why We Do What We Do - Wedding Traditions

Whether you are a large, traditional church wedding or a small intimate ceremony, most likely, you will follow one or more wedding traditions that have been handed down for centuries. Have you ever wondered where these traditions began and why we do what we do? Here are just a few examples of American wedding traditions:

* One of the most popular wedding phrases " Something old, something new, something Borrowed, then blue. & Quot; This is because English rhymes, and this superstition to push the evil spirits. Today, the traditional bride feature one item from each category, in their ensemble. Objects, mostly good luck charms, and each " something & quot; is of particular importance. * Old

something - symbolizes the continuity of the transition from the two single people to the couple ".

* Something New - is the transition to adult life after marriage.

* Something Borrowed - is what has been taken from the happily married couple, in the hope that they would share the happiness.

* Something Blue - symbolizes purity, fidelity and permanence.

* Traditionally, the wedding ceremony at the end of couples exchange wedding rings. The circular ring, with no beginning and no end, a symbol of eternal love. The Americans put a wedding ring on the third finger of the left hand because of the ancient Greek belief that lived in that finger ran straight to the heart.

* Traditional wedding kiss seals spouses Union before my friends and family. Since Roman times, a kiss has been used to bind a legal agreement or conclude betrothal.

* It was also believed in medieval times that when two people kiss, part of their souls were left on the territory of the other during the exchange of breath, and that also symbolizes the union of two people.

* We call this " toast & quot; when we drink to it because the old French custom, in which a piece of bread was put at the bottom of the cup of wine for flavor. Partygoers would drink and go to football, has not yet reached the person in the toaster, then it will drain it - piece, and that& 39;s it.

* The garter toss, believed to early English custom that evolved from " flinging Manning & quot;. Visitors will follow a couple of bedrooms on the night of their wedding, steal their stockings, as they divert " & quot; and then fling them for a couple. It had been thought that the first person to hit or bride or groom on the head will be the next to marry. Later, brides abandoned at a garter wedding reception, but then changed the custom of the groom in removing himself and garter tossing him his male guests bride, as is often forced to fight for drunken male guests who tried to remove the garter themselves! In some Midwestern states are garters auction, rather than tossed.

* Perhaps the most famous religious wedding tradition is lighting the Unity Candle " where two symbolic flame to become one. When the unity candle burns at a wedding couple, it symbolizes the merger of two lives into one. When the unity candle burns, a member of the couple families (in many cases the mothers bride and groom), it symbolizes the formation of two families, as well as the unity of spouses in marriage.

Whether you are planning a large or small wedding, traditional or non-traditional, you are likely to be affected, at least in one of these traditions, and now you will know why we do what we do!



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