A wedding is not just a holiday, it's a collection of rituals, rituals and traditions, which in different countries perform in their own way.
For example, in Russia, Ukraine, Poland and Belarus customs are similar, so the day of marriage there is almost the same. I would like to elaborate on the Slavic celebrations.
At the wedding there are many attributes,which is already considered mandatory: towel, loaf, small change and candy to sprinkle young, icons, candles, glasses for the young, a bouquet of the bride, a garter, a scarf for a young wife and so on. Let us consider in detail some of the above. Towel is a symbol of family, unity and prosperity. It must be embroidered by hand. On the wedding towel, every cross and symbol means something:
The karavai is served by the parents after the weddingthe groom along with his blessing. How to do it right and do not forget anything? Not every parent knows how to bless young people, which is how they use it. This is a very important moment. During the entire wedding, the newlyweds are blessed twice: the first time the parents of the bride give their instructions after the ransom, the second time the parents of the groom and the caravan are already congratulating the young family in the restaurant. Let's start in order. How to bless the young before the wedding?
After the groom passes all the tests,prepared for him by friends, the time comes for instruction from future mother-in-law and father-in-law. Parents of the bride should use the icon of the Mother of God, most often Kazan. It is better to hold this sacrament far from the noisy company that has already begun to drink champagne. The icon should be directed to the young and held by towels, not hands. Before blessing the young, the parents say parting words and wishes to the new family. Then you need to impose a cross sign on the bride and give her a kiss for the image, then the same thing you need to do the groom. Towel arms are tied to such a number of knots, which one will turn out. There is a belief that the family will have the same number of children as the knots.
How do parents bless young people aftermarriage? When the bride and groom arrive in the restaurant, the father-in-law and mother-in-law with the icon of the Savior, holding it with a towel, likewise impose a cross sign in turn on the young. Then parents offer a loaf with salt. People believe that whoever takes a bigger bite will be the main one in the family. Before blessing the young, the groom's parents should congratulate the children with the fact that they have become one family.
The main advice to parents who do not know how toto bless the young is to be sincere. Do not need to prepare speeches and long speeches, speak from the heart. Only then will your blessing be truly parental and, of course, will be remembered for the rest of your life. After the triumph of the icon, which blessed the young, they get into the house to a young family and put them in a red corner.
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