Wedding FUN Facts

Here are a few fun wedding facts... I will be posting a few each day in between photos of weddings and engagement sessions..... and other misc things.... ENJOY
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*Kiss

The first kiss a bride and groom share at the close of the ceremony has carried special significance through the centuries. Many cultures believed the couple exchanged spirits and souls with their breath.

*Dress

Traditionally, brides did not wear white wedding gowns. Through the 18th century, most brides just wore their Sunday best to their wedding. Red was a favorite during the Middle Ages in Europe. Other colors were worn for symbolic reasons: blue meant constancy and green meant youth. As years passed, white was worn as a symbol of purity. Today, white merely symbolizes the wedding and is worn by any bride, even in second marriages.

*Throwing of Rice

One of the oldest wedding traditions, the custom of throwing rice, originated with the ancient Hindus and Chinese. In these cultures, rice is the symbol of fruitfulness and prosperity. Tossing it after the ceremony was believed to bestow fertility upon the bride and groom. Today, rice tossing is being replaced by the more “green” friendly birdseed, rose pedals, sparklers or bubbles.

*Veil

Mystique and romance has surrounded the veil for more than one thousand years. Originally, the veil is thought to have been used to hide the bride from evil spirits and abductors. But a more romantic interpretation evolved later which believed that the bride's face beneath a veil symbolized youth, modesty, and virginity.