There are nine most bizarre wedding customs in the world that you don't know
1. The most unimaginable: dedicated the first night to an old lover
Marriage customs of "first night" and "thank you". Among some barbarian tribes in northern Vietnam, there is a "thank you" wedding custom when getting married, which allows old lovers to take the "first night". A bride often has an old lover before marriage. If you are determined to be engaged to one person, you must break off relationships with other lovers. According to traditional customs, the bride does not live in the groom's bridal chamber on the wedding night, but goes to sleep with her old lover for the last night.
This custom really puzzled the landlord. The first night is a symbolic threshold for young girls to come to adulthood, and it is regarded as a top priority for any ethnic group. Whether Africans hate virgins or Oriental nations value virgins, it does not hinder the grandeur of the first night. What is unbelievable is that in Vietnam, which is famous for its tradition, there is a strange custom of girls giving favors on their first night. Although the spring night is short, the girl gave her lover as a virgin, which has the meaning of knowing her kindness.
2. The most shocking: the bride's mother's wedding room guides the wedding room
There is an odd custom in some places in Colombia. On the night of the wedding ceremony, the law allows the bride's mother to stand by and monitor, and provide immediate guidance if she does not do well. The bride's mother is standing by and watching. Are you still interested?! The landlord thought that only open-minded foreigners could do such a shocking custom, but the landlord was very wrong. On the day of the wedding ceremony of a couple in Henan, the bridegroom's mother-in-law brought the bride's sister and family members and requested to personally guide "bed techniques" in the wedding room. I have never seen such a wonderful mother-in-law guiding the bride and groom to make the wedding room on the spot. My God, this is really a live version of an island action movie!
3. The most embarrassing: the elderly hide under the bed and direct the bridal chamber
Similarly, Kiswahili women in Kenya have to go through cumbersome wedding procedures when getting married in order to "make the bride look more beautiful and both parties feel more enthusiastic." A few days before her marriage, the girl's family would wipe her whole body with coconut oil and use sandalwood to make the girl's whole body smell full of sandalwood. Later, the women dipped small branches in the foam dye and painted various patterns on the girl's hands and feet. Older women also teach brides how to please their husbands, and even hide under the newlyweds 'beds on their wedding night to guide them on how to complete the marriage.
4. Hungry: Hunger strike before marriage
Speaking of which, nowadays brides-to-be all clamoring to lose weight before getting married. Some skip dinner and go for exercise just to hold the wedding when they are thin and beautiful. However, in China, some Yi girls actually want to go on a hunger strike before getting married. Otherwise, disaster will come. Ten days before the wedding, the bride began a hunger strike. If your mouth is dry, take a mouthful of water to rinse your mouth and spit it out. The longer and more thoroughly a girl spends her time in free space, the stronger, more perseverance, and more etiquette the bride will appear, and she will be praised by public opinion. In fact, the main purpose of the bride's hunger strike is to avoid relieving urine and urine during the three days on the way to the groom's house after marriage. Because this is considered an indecent and disgraceful thing, and will be laughed at by everyone.
5. The most feminism: through feet
As early as the end of the Qing Dynasty, a "foot-through" custom was popular in Shanghai: after a man and a woman were introduced to be engaged by a matchmaker, in order to understand each other's character and family background, before the formal marriage, the girl was accompanied by the matchmaker and brought gifts. This was the first time to visit her future in-laws, elders and husbands. From then on, the girl can go to her in-law's house at any time but cannot spend the night). This custom of meeting each other before marriage and giving the woman the initiative was difficult to achieve elsewhere in feudal China. This "foot-through" custom gives women some choice.
6. The most local tycoon: Show off his wealth wedding
Some time ago, a photo of a bride in Quanzhou getting married quickly became popular online. The reason was that the betrothal gifts of various cash, luxury cars and luxury houses in the photo made netizens call it "a local tyrant's bride, a local tyrant's wedding." In fact, it is not only the custom of "showing off wealth" when getting married in Fujian and Guangdong, but Indian weddings have long been famous for their luxury. Indian millionaire Sanil Musa chose his wife's hometown of Chennai to complete his lifelong event. The wedding lasted for three days and invited more than 900 guests. When Sanil's children got married, in order to give their children a different wedding, the Musa family embarked on the latest trend of getting married abroad. Sanil's son Sidas held a luxurious wedding in Macau last year, and the pearl of his eye, Siveita chose to marry in Bangkok in July this year. The two weddings, which retained the characteristics of traditional Indian weddings, were held for five consecutive days, each inviting hundreds of guests. A 60-member team composed of chefs and assistants also flew to the wedding venue to prepare thousands of special dishes. The groom was riding horses and entering the venue, stunning the audience. The Macau wedding alone cost as much as US$4 to US$5 million.
7. Favorite: Beat the bride
Every bride is the center of attention when she gets married, with thousands of dotes on her. In Japan, the bride is actually "beaten". "Spanking the bride in the first month" is called "stabbing the bride". This custom was once considered "barbaric" and was once suspended. Today, January 15 every year is called "Little January" in Japan. In the past, Japan also had a lunar calendar and the Lunar New Year was celebrated. However, after the Meiji Restoration in 1868, Japan "left Asia and entered Europe", abolished the lunar calendar, and celebrated the New Year as Spring Festival. In this way, January of the Gregorian calendar is also called the "first month" in Japan. On January 15th, many places will hold unique traditional folk activities, and "Spanking the Bride in the First Month" is one of them.
8. The most "bitter": shouting "bitter" at the wedding
I believe that at most weddings around the world, the most common thing is to bless the newlyweds, but at weddings, some people will shout,"Suffering! It's bitter!" It is a traditional Russian custom. Whenever someone takes the lead and shouts, everyone present will echo in unison, and the couple will stand up and kiss affectionately in public. Within a few minutes, someone would shout "Ku" again, and the bride and groom would stand up again and use sweet kisses to quell the cries of "Ku" from relatives and friends... This kind of sound of "Ku" at the wedding banquet will have to be repeated at least more than ten times before relatives and friends will stop. The Russian people say that wine is bitter and not good to drink, and it should be sweetened with a kiss from a new person. It seems like a weird custom, but it's quite sweet to think about it!
9. Most speechless: Brides are not allowed to wear underwear
On your wedding day, if you were asked not to wear underwear and you were unwilling to succumb to such a strange custom, would you still be willing to get married? Recently, some netizens posted that they encountered exotic wedding customs in China, which made people laugh and cry. The embarrassment encountered by this netizen caused heated discussions among a large number of netizens. Everyone vomited blood and published the wonderful wedding customs they had heard of and experienced: There is nothing more exotic, only more exotic! Netizens, please come and expose the wonderful marriage customs of various places.