Porcelain Smashing Germany
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Collectors will then put all their money in bags for the couple to take after the celebration.
It involves carrying out awet shavefor the groom on the morning of the ceremony.
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This wedding tradition a testament to their shared trust that goes beyond surface-level friendship.
It is meant to symbolize that the bride is now officially married.
The almonds symbolize good luck and the shared love of family life.
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These represent the shared journey of life that the couple will embark upon.
This tradition is also prevalent in many Filipino and Latino communities.
Tea Ceremony China
In Chinese culture, a couple might participate in atea ceremonywith their families.
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The couple will usually receive gifts and well wishes in exchange for this show of reverence.
It is usually hosted ahead of the wedding ceremony and can often be paired with a rehearsal dinner.
It adds an element of suspense that makes it a fun departure from the standard bouquet throw.
(Original Caption) A man being shaved by a barber. Undated photograph, circa 1950’s.
Everyone is encouraged to get tattooed and revel in some shared fortune.
14.PaebaekCeremony Korea
Thepaebaekis an important moment in a Korean wedding ceremony.
Both parents of the couple will sit at a low table filled with food.
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The couple will enter, bow, and pour tea.
In exchange, the parents will offer blessings and monetary gifts.
The couple will then bow and sit down.
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The dates and chestnuts symbolize children they will have in their future.
At the end, the groom will give the bride a piggyback ride around the table.
Kissing Tradition Sweden
One tradition at a Swedish wedding?
*Greek Wedding parting gift (Bomboniere - sugar almonds and rice) at the wedding of Andrea Catsimatidis and Christopher Nixon Cox at the Greek Orthodox Cathedral Of The Holy Trinity on June 4, 2011 in New York City. *** Local Caption ****
When the bride steps away, other women can seize the moment to give the groom a friendly peck.
Dancing on One Foot Ireland
Keep your eyes on the bride at a wedding reception in Ireland.
If both feet lift off, folklore warns that evil fairies will come and carry her away.
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circa 1945: Still-life of a three-tiered wedding cake decorated with figurines of a bride and groom standing beneath a wreath on the top layer. (Photo by Harold M. Lambert/Lambert/Getty Images)
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circa 1955: The miko (shrine maiden) offers sacred sake to the bride and groom during a wedding ceremony at the Meiji shrine memorial hall in Tokyo. (Photo by Orlando /Three Lions/Getty Images)
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10th May 1959: British costume designer Tony Walton kisses the cheek of his new bride, British actor and singer Julie Andrews, England. She wears her bridal veil. (Photo by Michael Hardy/Express/Getty Images)
Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of the Congo: Marie Olive Lembe di Sita, bride of president of the Democratic Republic of Congo, Joseph Kabila, waits for the arrival of Kabila during their wedding ceremony in Kinshasa 17 June 2006. Kabila, was married the previous day in a Roman Catholic ceremony to bride di Sita at the couple’s home in Kinshasa. Kabila is a presidential candidate in the July 30 elections, the first free and democratic vote in the vast central African nation in more than four decades. AFP PHOTO/TORGHA (Photo credit should read TORGHA/AFP via Getty Images)
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