One of the most exciting days of trembling and for each person is your wedding day.However, few know that before the wedding ceremony earlier in Russia was compulsory engagement, and this day is considered to be as important as direct binding of the marriage bond.After the engagement - a solemn proclamation of the mutual consent of the two lovers hearts, after which he and she received the right to call the bride and groom.
In old Russia to this day held a solemn meeting of the parents of bride and groom, where they gave their parents' blessing for a happy and long life.Traditionally, the festival was exchanged with bread and salt between the parents, and then for a few minutes, all fell silent.Before dinner, the man gave his sweetheart a beautiful engagement ring with a precious stone, then they anoint the bride and groom.Engagement - is the most significant day before the wedding, so the young preparing for it very carefully.The rich and noble families on this occasion was given, as a rule, a dinner party or a ball, to which were invited influential people from the neighborhood.The guests gave gifts to the bride and congratulating the young with the first step towards accession to the sacred marriage.
Today the engagement point is not all, and most of the day takes place the official meeting of parents, followed by partying.The future husband gives his bride a wedding ring, which indicates serious intentions to marry his girlfriend.Future wife also can give your loved some significant thing for him, he will keep for a long time as a memory of this important day for him.In fact, the engagement - a kind of intention to discuss the marriage of young people, because the word is based on the concept of "utter", that is to collude.Parents are "betrothed" to marry off their children and then finally mapped out on your wedding day.
However, if you learn this Slavic tradition more closely, you should know that engagement - this is not the first stage of the engagement.Before it even happened so-called courtship, when the bridegroom sends matchmakers to the future bride with a proposal to the hoop.
We should not forget that in the old days without fail, in addition to the marriage, and the wedding was carried out even in the young church.Our people since ancient times was a devout, so belief in God is traditionally inherent in most of the people.It is noteworthy that the Bible says nothing about the rite of engagement that gives grounds to many churchmen say that this rite appeared at a later time.At the same time, there is information that even the ancient Slavs before the era of Christianity in Russia has been the tradition, which included this practice.
Engagement in the church is understood as a declaration of God and of his self-imposed commitment to marry and providing vows.It is noteworthy that here the parents can not be present because the most important thing in this process - to inform God about the hardness of your intentions.On the day of his marriage, many young people do believers in the church rite of betrothal, after which it is believed that the bride and groom are related by marriage to the rest of your life, and God is a witness.
in different parts of the country had its own characteristics and traditions of engagement, but in general, it does not change the essence of the event.Today, not all newlyweds celebrate this day, as many do not even know that such engagement.Despite the gradual loss of tradition, all people should be aware and know about these festivals, because they are our cultural heritage that we must preserve and pass on to future generations.
