Friday, March 22, 2019

Wedding flowers, traditions of different countries

Plants, flowers are a symbol of beauty and life. They are beautiful like love. That is why people decorate weddings with flowers that protect them from the intrigues of evil spirits, and then they plant a tree that holds everything together with its roots.

In Austria, the bride decorates her veil with myrtle, which is the flower of life. When young people enter the church, children (most often a boy and a girl) carry a basket of flowers behind them, and when they leave, after the wedding they shower flowers on their way.

In English villages, the bride and her guests go to the church together. The procession is led by a little girl scattering flowers along the way so that the bride’s life can flow happily and be filled with flowers.

In Belgium, the bridegroom, intending to make an offer to the girl, plants a “May tree” under the window of her beloved - a birch tree or a herringbone. And the girl in agreement approves “an afternoon snack with sweets and coffee.”

In Bermuda, the top tier of a wedding cake is decorated with a tiny young tree. After that, they plant this tree in front of the newlyweds house as a sign that their marriage will last as long as this tree grows.

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