Marriage in Finland

if you visit finland in the early summer, a group of young boys or girls can see the incredible sight of a man walking in a public place with rope.

the man dragged by the rope was wearing a mask, and he was not dressed properly, and you might not have thought that he was the one who was about to become groom.

these young people are actually welcoming their friends who are about to get married, ending their single lives and beginning to move on to marriage.

this custom was initially known only to some municipalities in finland, but it suddenly began to spread in the 1980s.

since the 1970s, many traditional rituals and customs have been abandoned by finns, and after some time, finns have started to pursue the pleasures of traditional customs.

thus, after the 1980s, more traditional elements were added to the wedding and other family activities.

the legal age for marriage in finland is 18 years for both men and women.

at an early stage, the betrothal and marriage of a finn must be approved by both parents.

parents of both sexes are engaged in handshakes, and the marriage is formally contracted on behalf of the two families.

the formation of wedding customs in finland is influenced not only by folklore, but also by religious provisions in churches and churches.

since the pre-b.c., the custom of exchanging weddings has developed.

in 1686 a.d., the church act provided that betrothal was equivalent to a marriage contract of legal force.

in the sixteenth century, an engagement ring was introduced among a number of nobles, but in most areas there were still rituals of handshakes of engagement.

the marriage law of 1988 was amended to remove the legal effect of betrothal, but the tradition of betrothal has not disappeared.

this is where the bride's crown wedding, known as the world's crown.

it's called the crown marriage because the bride must have a pretty crown on the day of the marriage.

the wedding celebration team will pass through an arch to the scene of the wedding, and the bride and groom will make a vow of love under one roof.

when the wedding climaxes, people start to party, dance and sing until they are exhausted.

of course, not everyone can afford such a luxury wedding.

more and more people are choosing to have a simple wedding at the priest's house, and more of a regenerative taste.

more and more young people even choose to marry abroad, such as finland, which will be the new member of the european civilization centre, rome, to enjoy the most authentic cultural experience.

the brides and bridesmaids usually dance, eat, drink and sauna as the main part of the party.

that night, bridesmaids could do a lot of things for the bride, sometimes even kissing strangers, singing in squares, etc.

this is done for the sole purpose of relaxing the bride as a whole and enjoying the last joy of being single.

after the game, it wasn't rushing to eat.

the girls go to the most famous sauna in finland for the last night of their marriage.

sana is the national populist of finland and one of the country ' s distinctive cultures.

therefore, the bridecareful cleaning of one ' s body before marriage would also mean starting a whole new life as a new person.

in addition to the basic components (dressing room, bathing room, steam room) there are also special equipment, such as ice water pools.

in order to supplement the lost salt of sweat, the girls can eat a “sauna meal” after they wash the sauna.

the “sauna meal” is usually based on a variety of locally produced fish and has noodles, soup and wine.

in contrast to other european countries

, the gift is paid by a sifter.

in addition to the newers' advance listing of requirements, guests can purchase them on the basis of their financial means, and they have an ancient ritual inherited from them.

before the wedding, the bride and groom sat at the wedding table.

the bride holds a sifter with a silk scarf on it.

when the guests place the money in the sift, the best man announces to the guests present the names of the guests who put the money and the amount of the gift.

the amount doesn't matter, it's just a blessing for a new person to live a better life.

at mid-summer weddings

in finnish tradition, the pre-summer night has a mysterious character.

in late june, the longest day and shortest night of the year, they designated the saturday between 20 and 26 june as mid-summer.

people make all kinds of magic-related things, many of them about love life.

on the island of a well-known partner, in an ancient church built in the 16th century, there is a big wedding ceremony for a couple every summer.

in the presence of the bridesmaid and parents of the best man, the bride and groom in the white dress came to the church to attend the wedding ceremony arranged for them.

subsequently, the newcomers came to the big stage of the central island in a welcome round of applause.

the wedding ballads are playing and the bride's groom is dancing.

a golden-haired bride with a bouquet of roses seems particularly beautiful, and a handsome bridegroom is also very excited.

with beautiful music and light steps, the beauty of the woman is constantly spinning in the joy of happiness.

the crown dance, instead of the last part of the

wedding, which is tossing flowers, often upset unmarried girls by throwing them too close or too far or losing their heads.

as a result, finns have changed this tradition by changing the bouquet to the bouquet.

the bridesmaid first put a crown on the bride ' s head and blindfolded her and told her to turn around.

the bridesmaids and those single girlfriends surrounded her.

the bride then stopped and put the crown on the girl's head.

this man is considered the next one to get married! it is said that the blessing of the mid-summer bonfires, which have been set up in the past to exorcise evil and bring light and warmth to mankind, still sounds poetic.

today, it has become a symbol of the celebration of marriage.

only a dozen old bonfires, made up of a dozen old wooden boats and branches on the lake's core rock, were seen to be 10 metres high, surrounded by many small bonfires of local characteristics.

at 10:00 p.m., people start with oneA pile of small bonfires lit.

Shortly after the wedding ceremony, newlyweds arrived by bonfire at the lake's core rock on an ancient long-wood boat.

They took the torch from the couple who were here last year and set the main campfire on fire.

At this time, the popular folk music, the beauty of the scenery and the beauty of the scenes played by the bands on the shore culminated in the mid-summer wedding celebrations。