Wedding Traditions
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One of the areas of deep discussion and debate about your wedding, after the venue, dress, bridal party and catering, are which of the old wedding traditions you will want to incorporate and which ones you think might have lost their meaning.
We value traditions as they are connections to the past. For many couples, religious affiliations and cultural heritage play a large role in deciding what elements to include in a wedding.
Here are some of the more controversial wedding traditions you might find yourself discussing:
1. Wedding registry
The tradition of registering for gifts is a way for friends and family to help young couples set up their new home together and to help smooth the path of their new life together.
As many couple are already living together and have slowly accumulated household items this tradition has started to take a more modern twist.
Registering for traditional gifts while also setting up a honeymoon registry give guests a chance to contribute towards elements of your new life together aswell as your first holiday togethr as a married couple. We love what Tracy and Steve did for their honeymoon gift list.
2. First dance
The first dance is often the first time friends and family get to see the couple as a married pair. It is in one sense the public debut of the couple. It's up to you to decide if this will be a traditional dance with just the two of you, or a planned routine, or an excuse for all of the wedding party to get together to do a planned dance.
3. Tossing the bouquet
The bouquet toss is a very old tradition that has evolved over the years. In its earliest days, wedding guests believed that owning a piece of the brides wedding dress or bridal bouquet would bring them good luck. (There’s also a symbolic reference of the garter to the bride’s virginity – but I’ll skim over that one)
In more recent times, this tradition has become more painful as single guys and gals are often dragged unwittingly to the center of a room only to run away from the bouquet/garter as nobody wanted to catch it. While it can be fun and silly modern brides have started to hand the bouquet over to the oldest couple in the room, as a sign of respect.
4. Throwing rice
The throwing of rice is an ancient tradition related to fertility. However, as most people know, raw rice is bad for birds and many venues forbid it. That is why many people now use bubbles or birdseed instead. This tradition usually takes place while a couple exits the wedding and heads off to their honeymoon.
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