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When did weddings start?

The wedding as a custom has been around for a very long time. Three stages can be distinguished here. The first, when an ancient man simply stole a woman - his future wife. Then there was marriage by contract or for ransom. The groom bought the bride. And finally, there was a marriage based on mutual love. But even today the remains of the first two stages have been preserved.

The expression "give away the bride" is a holdover from the days when the bride was actually sold. The role of the best man in a modern wedding originates in the past, when a well-armed warrior helped the groom to carry the bride he had stolen. And the honeymoon symbolizes the period when the newlywed hid his stolen bride until the relatives got tired of looking for her. Playing a modern wedding, we do not imagine that the beginning of this word is connected with the history of marriages.

The Anglo-Saxons under the word wed (combine) meant money, horses and other livestock, which the groom gave as a guarantee, a pledge, in order to prove to her father the seriousness of his intention in buying the bride. And when it comes to buying wedding suits, we return to ancient, forgotten meanings. For example, the custom for a bride to wear something blue for a wedding was in ancient Israel. In those days, the bride had to have a blue ribbon in her dress, because this color meant purity, love and fidelity.

The expression "give the bride in marriage" (that is, to a certain man) also goes back to the times when the bride was a commodity. The custom of having a bride at the wedding of her friends goes back to the time of ancient Rome, when exactly 10 witnesses had to be present at a solemn wedding ceremony. The presence of a horseshoe in a modern wedding cortege also has its own history.

They say that there was an ancient custom - to change or give away horseshoes, which meant a change of power. Thus, a horseshoe means that now the husband has more power over the bride than her father.

Author: Likum A.

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