| ign="center"> | | | | break old dishes in front of the coupleâs house |
| If there is one thing that is universal, it has to be love. | | | | as it is held that the broken dishes will forever bring |
| But the way that people express their love is as | | | | luck to the union. |
| diverse as the polars. Every culture has its own unique | | | | Believe it or not, a good number of wedding traditions |
| way of going about wedding ceremonies. From the | | | | in common practice today are borrowed from Europe. |
| bizarre to the nobly, wedding traditions are a whole | | | | There is a European tradition and belief that the bride |
| subject of study and admiration. Below are some of | | | | should not step on the threshold of the |
| the most unique wedding traditions from around the | | | | coupleâs new home, as that would bring bad |
| world. | | | | luck to the marriage. Thus the groom has to carry the |
| Africa | | | | bride over the threshold when entering the house for |
| Probably the most unique aspect African wedding | | | | the first time. |
| tradition is the payment of dowry. A groom has to | | | | The Americas |
| bring to the brideâs father a specified number | | | | In Mexico, the bride and groom during the ceremony |
| of domestic animals like cattle, goat, camels, etc for | | | | have to be draped together in a special ribbon known |
| him to get the permission to marry the daughter. In | | | | as the lasso to signify their unity as a single matrimonial |
| other parts of Africa a marriage can be arranged | | | | unit. And tradition has it that the groom has to give |
| before the bride or even groom is born. | | | | thirteen gold coins to show his ability to take care of |
| Asia | | | | his bride. |
| In this expansive continent, traditions are so much | | | | In Peru, between the wedding cake layers is a |
| diverse littered with ancient traditions. But one of the | | | | wedding charm attached to a ribbon. Single women |
| most poignant is the Chinese one where the bridal | | | | are then called upon to pull the strings and then one |
| gown is screaming red, and a gift of a whole roast pig | | | | who pulls the one attached to the charm has the luck |
| has to be given to the brideâs father | | | | to be married within year. |
| beforehand. | | | | In Puerto Rico, the presiding priest blesses a plateful of |
| European countries | | | | coins and gives them to the husband to be. |
| One of the most unique things about weddings in | | | | Afterwards, the new husband presents the same to |
| Latvia and Lithuania is that the wedding has to be | | | | his new wife as a sign of luck and lack of want in that |
| published in the church bulletin for up to six months | | | | marriage. |
| beforehand. And then the bride has to spend at least a | | | | There are very many other unique traditions from |
| week with the groomâs mother to be | | | | around the world that serve to bring out the esteem |
| evaluated whether she is a fitting wife for the son. | | | | and the high regard in which the marriage custom is |
| In Germany, there is a tradition where the night before | | | | held. Whichever way you do it, let it be from the heart |
| the wedding, friends, guests and relatives bring and | | | | and of course true love. |