Wedding Customs From Around The World

Here we put together a few of the wedding rituals in different countries.

God help the man who won’t marry until he finds a perfect woman and God help him still if he finds her - Benjamin Tillett

DENMARK

Arches of pine branches are built in front of the bride’s home, which symbolises fertility. During the reception, the groom disappears so that all the unmarried young men could kiss the bride and then the bride disappears while all the single young girls kiss the groom.

FINLAND

The bride has to walk from house to house with a pillowcase to collect wedding presents. A married man walks beside her holding an umbrella to symbolise protection and shelter. During the reception, the bride wears a golden crown, and is blindfolded. She is then spun around, while other unmarried girls dance around her, and the one she crowns will be the next one to get married.

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