Wedding - is not just a holiday, it is a collection of rituals, ceremonies and traditions that operate in different countries in different ways.
For example, in Russia, Ukraine, Poland and Belarus customs similar, so there goes their wedding day is almost the same.I would like to dwell on is the Slavic celebrations.
At the wedding there is a set of attributes, which is considered obligatory: towel, loaf and candy trifle young for sprinkling, icons, candles, glasses for the young, bridal bouquet, garter, a handkerchief to his young wife, and so on.Let us consider some of the above.Towel - a symbol of family unity and prosperity.It must be sewn by hand.Wedding towels at each cross and the symbol mean something:
- two doves - a sign of infinite love;
- bunch of grapes - the fertility and wealth;
- cross - the sun, the good, light and happiness in the new family;
- viburnum - fidelity and female beauty;
- oak - male energy and strength.
loaf served after the wedding the young groom's parents, along with his blessing.How to do it correctly and not to forget anything?To learn how to bless the young that this use, not every parent knows.This is a very important moment.During the entire wedding newlyweds blessed twice: the first time the bride's parents give their instructions after the foreclosure, the second time the groom's parents to the loaf has congratulated the young family at the restaurant.Let's start from the beginning.How to bless the young before the wedding?
After the groom passes all the tests, prepared for his cronies, the time comes to instructions from the future mother in law and father in law.The bride's parents should use the icon of Our Lady, most of Kazan.This sacrament is best done away from the noisy company, which has already started to drink champagne.The icon should be directed to the way young and keep the towel, not your hands.Before blessing the young, parents say parting words and wishes for the new family.Then the sign of the cross to be imposed on the bride and give her a kiss image, and then the same needs to be done to groom.Towels tied his hands on a number of nodes for a turn.There is a belief that the family is the same number of children, as happened nodes.
As parents bless the young after the wedding?When the bride and groom arrive at the restaurant, father-in-law with the icon of the Savior, holding her towel, similarly applied sign of the cross on the line for the young.Then, the parents offer a loaf with salt.People believe that one piece of a bigger bite, he will be the chief of the family.Before blessing the young, the groom's parents should congratulate the children so that they become one family.
advice to parents who do not know how to bless the young - is to be sincere.No need to prepare a speech and long speeches, speak from the heart.Only then your blessing will really parent and certainly will be remembered for a lifetime.After the triumph of the icon, we bless the young, are taken to the home of a young family and are placed in the red corner.
