Curiosities about Marriage: the different traditions

All over the world, there are special solutions to wish the spouses a happy life and to make the feeling of love a great celebration.

But let’s discover some curious wedding traditions together!

In the Fiji Islands, there is a bizarre custom: the groom must bring a whale’s tooth to the father of his beloved. It is a test of courage but, above all, of true love.

In Polterabend, Germany, before the wedding ceremony, friends and relatives of the couple gather for a rather unusual activity: breaking porcelain dishes. A gesture considered to bring great luck for the spouses.

In South Korea, however, tradition has it that the groom’s friends tie his feet during the wedding banquet, and then hit the soles of his feet with a fish. Representative practice to test the character of man.

In Russia they even kidnap the bride. The guests hold the beauty back, asking the groom for a ransom, often symbolic (but sometimes not really a symbol!). Once the requested sum has been received, the bride will be able to reunite with her beloved again.

But let’s talk about Blackening ergo blackening of the spouses. Once the requested sum has been received, the bride will be able to reunite with her beloved again. The couple’s friends smear the engaged couple with mud and parade them through the streets. This practice represents a way to warn the spouses that in addition to the hoped-for happiness, they will also go through difficult moments.

We can’t help but mention Swedish kisses too! This practice is perhaps one of the funniest wedding curiosities ever. In Sweden, during the wedding dinner, when the bride gets up from the table and leaves the room, all the girls can kiss the groom on the cheek. The boys can do the same with the bride, when the husband gets up from the table and goes out.