Scottish weddings are more than just men wearing kilts and playing bagpipes; they are full of many deep traditions within the Scottish culture. Scotland is located within the United Kingdom, is directly above England, and is just to the right of Ireland. The people and culture:
The population of Scotland is largely a mixture of Celtic and Anglo-Saxon, though there are some small minorities from Asia and elsewhere. Scotland 's population is largely urban. Glasgow is the largest city. Other large cities are Edinburgh (the capital), Stirling, Aberdeen, Inverness, and Dundee. Scotland ranked 14th on the 2014 United Nations Human Development Index, as part of the United Kingdom. (Badertscher, 2015)
Scotland was originally founded by the Celtic
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In the article Scottish Wedding Traditions they discuss all of these wedding traditions. Blackening is a very popular tradition in Scotland usually is done to the groom before the wedding but can be done to the bride as well. The groom will get kidnaped by his friends tied up then taken into town where he is covered in flower, feathers, eggs, and so on. In olden times he used to be tied up to a light post in town and left there for the whole town to throw food at him. The wedding sark is the tradition of exchanging gifts between the bride and the groom prior to the wedding. The bride gives the groom the shirt he will wear at the wedding as a gift. In return the groom buys the brides wedding dress. Foot washing, this wedding ritual is performed by the bride. The bride sits and gets her feet washed by an older married woman. This wedding ritual is a symbol of being cleansed before the …show more content…
It is believed that this will bring good fortune to the newly married couple. The grand march is the first dance at the wedding reception; the bride and groom start marching then the best man and maid of honor, then the in-laws, and finally all of the guests. The Quaich or the loving cup is a two handed silver bowl that the bride fills with whisky. This bowl is then passed around by the entire wedding party after the marriage is legal. Scotland is full of its rich traditions and wedding rituals that will continue to exist for years to come. Scotland’s style of mate selection, their wedding rituals, and traditions are individualized to them. These traditions are Scotland, and make Scotland what it is; separating it from all other countries and their
Celtic vs. Rangers: Catholicism vs. Protestantism Most European cities can boast of a professional football (soccer) club and a competitive rivalry with a neighboring team. However, Glasgow, Scotland is the home of one of the oldest and most heated rivalries in the world. Two of the most prestigious football clubs in Europe, Celtic and Rangers, both call Glasgow their home. The cross-town rivals first met on the pitch on February 28, 1888.
Weddings were always a religious ceremony, conducted by a minister. The religions varied but the legal process prior to the wedding was always the same. There were no Registry Office marriages or marriages conducted by a Justice of the Peace. The first stage was Crying the Banns, announcing a couple's intention to marry. The same procedure still applies to Church marriages in England today. The Elizabethan Wedding custom dictated that the couple's intention to marry had to be announced in the church three times on three consecutive Sundays or Holy days. This allowed time for any objections to be raised or pre-contracts to be discovered. Any marriage not published beforehand was considered clandestine and illegal. Wedding invitations were not issued. People lived in small communities
The bride is then assisted in adorning herself for the public ceremony which begins with a feast at the family’s home.
Marriages during the Renaissance shared common customs such as “crying of the banns” ceremonies, a dowry or gift for the husband’s family, special clothes, and a wedding feast. Commonly, marriages were arranged although Shakespeare’s was not. William Shakespeare and Anne Hathaway followed some traditional wedding customs and disregarded others.
When couples decided to get married, something they need to consider is if they would like to follow the tradition of
Despite people celebrating marriage in different ways it all comes back to one thing; marriage is a social ritual that by which two people affirms one abiding contracts between. The ceremonies are composed of rituals which symbolize facets of married life and the obligations being undertaken. In Hinduism the marriage celebration can start weeks before the actual ceremony depending on the preferences of the family. Once the day of the ceremony comes around the day starts with the brides’ family welcoming the groom into their home and both families are formally introduced. Both the bride and groom sit at the Mandap- tent where the ceremony is held under,-and are offered a drink. Gifts between the two families are generally exchanged at this point. The groom's mother gives an auspicious necklace to the bride, which is essentially an emblem of the married status in the Hindu religion. Then scared fire is lit and a pundit recites t...
In tradition Chinese culture the bride must be covered by a veil and the groom
Differences in culture make country has its own traditional customs. Wedding, an extremely important event on one's life, has specific ritual observances. However, thanks to the cultural exchange, Vietnam wedding customs and those of a foreign country – America, have both similarities and differences.
Like every aspect in Victorian society, great expectations were placed upon weddings. In fact, during this time frame, several guidebooks for weddings were referred to, one of these books was “Our Deportment: On the Manners and Conduct and Dress of the Most Refined Society” by John H. Young. Many traditions regarding weddings first took place during the Victorian Age and are still followed today.
This provides information on the customs and traditions throughout the American culture and their marriage and wedding practices.
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A Hindu Wedding In Hinduism marriage is not just the joining of two people, whose souls are brought together mentally and physically, but of two families. There are sixteen sacraments that must be performed whilst a Hindu is alive to make the life of the individual prosperous and noble, one of these is marriage. Many Hindu wedding ceremonies follow the same sequence of events, whether it is an arranged marriage or not. I went to the wedding ceremony of Anika Shah and Arun Patel. Many events happen before the main wedding ceremony.
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People in all countries of the world celebrate their important events like birthdays, graduations, weddings, and funerals, etc. However, the ways we have celebrations are different from cultures to cultures and countries to countries. Thus, Vietnamese and Americans have different celebrations for their events, and people in those countries celebrate their weddings differently in preparations, costumes, and ceremonies.
He usually arrives dressed in his wedding attire on the back of a horse, or sometimes on the back of an elephant. “The wedding altar (mandapa) is built the day of and the groom is welcomed by his future mother in law where his feet are then washed and he is offered milk and honey. His sister in law will attempt to steal his shoes and if she succeeds, the groom must pay her to get them back” (beau-coup.com). At the wedding venue the bride waits for the groom in a room covered in garland, when the groom arrives they exchange garland. After this, the brides family will welcome the grooms family to the wedding. Like Christian weddings, the father of the bride gives the bride away at the wedding, this is called a Kanyadaan. A priest will facilitate the marriage by reciting mantras or holy hymns, but the bride and groom marry each other. The bride and groom are considered married when the groom ties a thread that symbolizes his vow to care for the bride. He ties it in three knots that symbolizes the gods, Brahma, Vishnu and Masheshwara. The ceremony takes place around a fire and the god, Agni is considered the witness to the union. “The bride and the groom then circle the fire seven times, in a clockwise direction, called Saat Phere which signifies seven goals of married life which include religious and moral duties, prosperity, spiritual salvation and liberation, and sensual gratification” (Gullapalli