Cliche’ Wedding Traditions
Wedding Traditions
Although a wedding is attended by hundreds or often legions of people, always remember the entire wedding revolves around only two people, you and your better half. You have spent months organising flowers, caterers, wedding videographers and obviously need the whole wedding to be as perfect as possible.
Many couples now try avoiding what is regarded as cliché wedding ideas, but the truth is that they have been around for hundreds of years and trying to have a wedding that does not include at least a few of them is nearly impossible. Although the marriage day finally is yours, the couple, the guests have a tendency to take over the reception and it is difficult not to include some conventional concepts into your wedding ceremony and reception.
If you've got many guests attending your reception there's always those initial awkward moments when everyone arrives and takes their seats. Many guests are strangers to each other and getting the whole glass clinking thing going where everyone seems to be roaring for the bride-to-be and bridegroom to kiss is the perfect ice breaker. This was always a part of the marriage reception in years gone, it was intended to repel malicious spirits and give the bride-to-be and groom a preliminary moment to 'connect' without the malicious spirits being around.
Whether or not the bride-to-be and groom may not be too happy with the idea, most people who attend the reception will pay special attention to the cutting of the cake. The exact reason and history behind it is confusing, but everyone will cheer and roar if the cake gets smeared into the faces of the bride and bridegroom. It may not be the most civilised way of eating cake, but it is always a favourite with the guests.
As the evening moves on you are sure to get someone that will start the conga line dance, who can resist that? It generally ends up with somebody tripping over one of the children or knocking over a table, which is something else that everyone expects. Even though poor old Uncle Joe will get a scolding for being so drunk, everybody will adore the conga.
Just before the bride and groom depart for the evening the bouquet and garter are tossed. Though the garter tossing is slowly vanishing the bouquet toss is still common at most marriage ceremonies. If this is one of those cliches that you prefer not to do at your wedding reception, be grateful that you are not living in the 14th century. Before the introduction of the bouquet toss, the guests would rip at the brides dress to try to tear a piece off as it was considered good luck, but as the tradition of handing down your wedding dress started that faded away and got replaced with the bouquet.
Whether or not you are a fan of cliché wedding ideas or not, there is no doubt that they are going to be around for many more generations to come and it's much better to get into the spirit when attending a marriage and enjoy the customs that have endured across the ages, after all marriages are a celebration of love and unity.
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The word “wed” is derived from the ancient Greek word for “pledge.” And that’s exactly what a wedding is, no matter what country it takes place in, no matter what culture it’s part of. A wedding is the ceremony in which two people are united in marriage or a similar institution.
Hey Aiden thanks for that great comment!
Lorrette
First of all a big thanks to you for the great blog. The tradition of each culture is different, but if you mix both the tradition then it will be a new stuff and that day become unique and memorable day of life.
Pleasure Jenny and thank you for your thoughtful comment.
Cheers
Lorrette
Tradition vary from culture to culture. If you are planning your wedding, I encourage you to do things in your way.
Good advice Diana – many thanks!
Lorrette
I think its nice to have a mix of both tradition and personal stuff. Traditions make a wedding a wedding while adding personal touches makes the wedding day unique for the couple.
Very true – tradition adds a certain sparkle to a wedding!
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Lorrette
Yeah! That’s true, so many peopel are trying to be the least cliche as possible, comiing up with all sorts of themed weddings, goblins, halloween, christmas, themed, etc… but I don’t know, for me, guess I’m old fashioned a cliche wedding is all i want, just the way I pictured it since I was a little girl!
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Hi there Kim
You know, I agree with you. Come to think of it, and yep people may call you and I old fashioned, it is the one opportunity to really ‘go princess’ …LOL!! All through life there are so many opportunities to dress up like, ghouls, xmas, celebs and the like ..but as a bride in full on white tulle etc ….?
Thanks for your great comment and for visiting.
Celebrate Life as a Bride ‘the old fashioned way’ ….when you can!!!
Lorrette
all that is lost on the ‘net.Which raises the obvious question of why I’m bothering to comment. But like I said earlier, I like irony!
Well …. from my corner!! I am pleased you did take the time to comment, so thank you!!
Cheers
Lorrette
In all your posts, there is something to learn, thanks for sharing, keep up the good work.
Nice of you to say so!!
I like the conga line dance in the wedding. This is really great post about the wedding tradition. An appreciating work. Thanks for sharing it. Keep updating please..
Golly, the Conga…wow I can’t remember when I last did one of those. They were such a heap of fun too!
Clichés can be fun and are often carried out in a ‘tongue and cheek’ way by the wedding party. Saying that, for me, weddings that are a bit different are fantastic to photograph. The important part is that everyone has an enjoyable day regardless.
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Good point there John – but may I add that a good photographer can make or break those special memories. Looks like you guys are good at what you do…nice site too!!
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Lorrette