Western Wedding Traditions
The Engagement Ring: according to the western traditions, the engagement ring is only part of the betrothal presents given by the bridegroom. It’s something like the advance payment before we buy a valuable stuff, it would not be return in any occasion.
Wedding Ring: it must be worn on the third finger of the left hand, it’s said that the nerve in the third finger connect with one’s heart directly. This way of wearing equals to put love in one’s heart.
Wales Love Spoon: Welshman in the past spend most of
their time in the sea, they choose a top-rate wood and carve it into a
“love spoon”. This spoon symbolize love, wealth, loyalty and dedication
named as the token of love. Love Spoon is in different styles and
patterns. That’s mainly depend on how smart the young man. When the
welshmen come back from the sea, they will give the love spoon to the
dreaming girl. Nowadays, the love is still the symbol of love but mostly
used as a gift in the birthday, wedding anniversary or some special
occasions.
White Wedding Dresses:
white wedding dress is most popular in the Victorian era. Queen
Victorian is in a beautiful white wedding dress to marry the love. From
that time, white wedding dresses have been a must-have in western
wedding, it represents purity and loyalty. But before the Victorian era,
wedding dresses are in all kinds of colours even the black.
New and Old, Golden and Blue: apart from the brand
new wedding dress, the bride also should wear a pair of old garters
given by the married woman, borrow a golden coin which means the sun,
and also a blue stuff that stand for the moon. Only done all these, the
good luck will struck.
The Wedding Veil: veil is used to cover up the bride’s face in case of her old lover destroy the wedding because of jealous after see her face.
Horseshoe: in England and some other western countries, the bride used to take a ribbon to fasten the horseshoe to her own wrist. That’s because the horseshoe is said to stop the evil spirits approaching. Today, the horseshoe has become a symbolization of good luck and happiness.
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