Interesting Marriage Rituals

Have you ever wondered why most of the wedding dresses are white? In fact, the original color of the wedding dresses were not limited on white but there were many other vibrant colors. Brides wore colorful dresses at the wedding to express their joy.

In order to signify the status, the Queen Victoria wore a beautiful wedding dress on her wedding ceremony, and after that people started to choose white dress for wedding in commemoration of that great queen. As a matter of fact, white was always looked as the significant symbol of purity even before the wedding dresses. It is interesting that the marriage rings in the early years were made of braided grass or hemp, but they were replaced by the durable metals rings soon. After the diamonds came into being in the fifteenth century, more and more people started to choose diamond rings, which mean the eternal love in their marriage life.

Basically, most of bridesmaid's gowns are identical if you take close look at them. It is said that they were made by friends of the bride, and they wore the exact the same outfits as the bride to mislead or confuse evil spirits who would ruin the happiness of the couple.

It was done also for preventing the bride from being kidnapped by some other rival suitor. Ancient people believed that the bride and groom would give good luck to everyone they touched, so there was an old ritual of a receiving line. Today at some traditional wedding ceremonies, brides and grooms still walk rounds and greet all the guests there.

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