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Wedding traditions of Europe

Rice and confetti, the veil and the white dress, Polish oczepiny, Greek koumbaro and the Irish handfast. 84 traditions on EveryShaadi so far.

Countries

๐Ÿ‡ฆ๐Ÿ‡ฑ Albania 1๐Ÿ‡ฆ๐Ÿ‡ฉ Andorra 0๐Ÿ‡ฆ๐Ÿ‡น Austria 6๐Ÿ‡ง๐Ÿ‡พ Belarus 3๐Ÿ‡ง๐Ÿ‡ช Belgium 2๐Ÿ‡ง๐Ÿ‡ฆ Bosnia and Herzegovina 1๐Ÿ‡ง๐Ÿ‡ฌ Bulgaria 4๐Ÿ‡ญ๐Ÿ‡ท Croatia 2๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡ฟ Czechia 0๐Ÿ‡ฉ๐Ÿ‡ฐ Denmark 3๐Ÿ‡ช๐Ÿ‡ช Estonia 1๐Ÿ‡ซ๐Ÿ‡ฎ Finland 4๐Ÿ‡ซ๐Ÿ‡ท France 16๐Ÿ‡ฉ๐Ÿ‡ช Germany 13๐Ÿ‡ฌ๐Ÿ‡ท Greece 11๐Ÿ‡ญ๐Ÿ‡บ Hungary 2๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡ธ Iceland 3๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡ช Ireland 6๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡น Italy 9๐Ÿ‡ฝ๐Ÿ‡ฐ Kosovo 0๐Ÿ‡ฑ๐Ÿ‡ป Latvia 2๐Ÿ‡ฑ๐Ÿ‡ฎ Liechtenstein 1๐Ÿ‡ฑ๐Ÿ‡น Lithuania 2๐Ÿ‡ฑ๐Ÿ‡บ Luxembourg 0๐Ÿ‡ฒ๐Ÿ‡น Malta 1๐Ÿ‡ฒ๐Ÿ‡ฉ Moldova 0๐Ÿ‡ฒ๐Ÿ‡จ Monaco 0๐Ÿ‡ฒ๐Ÿ‡ช Montenegro 0๐Ÿ‡ณ๐Ÿ‡ฑ Netherlands 3๐Ÿ‡ฒ๐Ÿ‡ฐ North Macedonia 2๐Ÿ‡ณ๐Ÿ‡ด Norway 3๐Ÿ‡ต๐Ÿ‡ฑ Poland 9๐Ÿ‡ต๐Ÿ‡น Portugal 4๐Ÿ‡ท๐Ÿ‡ด Romania 0๐Ÿ‡ท๐Ÿ‡บ Russia 9๐Ÿ‡ธ๐Ÿ‡ฒ San Marino 0๐Ÿ‡ท๐Ÿ‡ธ Serbia 3๐Ÿ‡ธ๐Ÿ‡ฐ Slovakia 0๐Ÿ‡ธ๐Ÿ‡ฎ Slovenia 1๐Ÿ‡ช๐Ÿ‡ธ Spain 7๐Ÿ‡ธ๐Ÿ‡ช Sweden 6๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡ญ Switzerland 5๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ฆ Ukraine 5๐Ÿ‡ฌ๐Ÿ‡ง United Kingdom 33๐Ÿ‡ป๐Ÿ‡ฆ Vatican City 0

Cities and towns

Hamburg 3Rome 3Berlin 2Hanover 2London 2Vienna 2Altenburg 1Athens 1Barcelona 1Bern 1Bologna 1

On the calendar

June, the Western wedding monthSeptember and October wedding peakShrovetide, the old Irish wedding time2/22 and other repeated datesLag BaOmer, weddings resumeMay, the month of brides in BrazilKrasnaya Gorka, the first wedding SundayPokrov, the autumn wedding seasonLentHoly Week and the TriduumAdventOrthodox Great Lent
KindRiteVowBetrothalGift customAttireAdornmentPerformanceFeast customBlessingPlayFamily roleSettingModern
StageFinding a matchEngagement and betrothalThe weeks beforeThe eveProcession and arrivalThe ceremonyThe wedding feastReception, dance and giftsAfter the wedding
๐Ÿ‡ฌ๐Ÿ‡ง United Kingdom and 5 moreGroomsman A male attendant who supports the groom and assists guests at a wedding.Family role ยท Finding a match ๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ฆ UkraineTraditional Ukrainian weddingะขั€ะฐะดะธั†ั–ะนะฝะต ัƒะบั€ะฐั—ะฝััŒะบะต ะฒะตัั–ะปะปั A multi-day sequence of folk rites, bread baking and church vows that marks the transition from maidenhood to married liRite ยท Finding a match

Photo credits on this page

The small pictures above come from Wikimedia Commons under free licences. Some are cropped to fit.

  • Groomsman: Jenny Mealing, CC BY 2.0, source
  • Traditional Ukrainian wedding: ะŸะธะผะพะฝะตะฝะบะพ, ะะธะบะพะปะฐะน ะšะพั€ะฝะธะปัŒะตะฒะธั‡, Public domain, source

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Every week: one wedding tradition from somewhere new, the wedding days coming up around the world, and one idea explained.