**All over the world, people practice numerous wedding customs that have been passed on through many generations. Although each has a long history of meaning and significance, many just seem strange and out of place in today’s culture.
Like in Desi weddings it might seem odd, but in this custom everyone is either out to steal the groom’s shoes or protect them.
Members of the bride’s family are obligated to try to steal the grooms shoes and will go to great lengths to do so. The groom’s family, on the other hand, must protect the shoes and they will also go to extreme measures in order to hide the shoes.
If the bride’s family is successful in stealing the groom’s shoes, then the groom must pay whatever amount of money they request to get his shoes back.
A rather interesting German tradition involves shattering a large number of dishes before the wedding and having the bride and groom clean it up.
It is believed that the action of cleaning up the mass collection of broken dishes, which the family and friends have worked so hard to make, will help prepare the couple for their new lives together.
It might be a little destructive but everyone seems to enjoy themselves and like most customs, bring the couple good luck.
In the old days of Ireland, couples dined on salt and oatmeal at the beginning of their reception: both the bride and groom would take three mouthfuls as a protection against the power of the evil eye.
During the reception, when the couple is dancing, the brides feet must remain on the floor. It is said that Fairies love beautiful things and their favorite beautiful thing is a bride. If the bride was to have even one foot off the ground, then she could be swept away by the Fairies.
It is bad luck for a bride, as well as anyone attending the wedding, to wear green at an Irish wedding. It’s also bad luck for a bride or the groom to sing at their own wedding
Share Other Weird Wedding Customs you’ve heard of practiced in your family , society or in other countries !**
In Republic of Kaykonya, 3 unmarried pretty cultured maids accompany bride. A professional chef (all expense paid by bride's side) is also arranged for the groom, so bride don't have to cook EVER.
I think the dollar dance in Polish tradition is strange custom. Everyone keeps putting a dollar to keep dancing with a groom and the groom has to dance with them. Bechara Groom.
At Ukrainian weddings, people usually pin money on the brides dress. Imagine wearing pinned money on your gown on your wedding day.
Which brings me to the “10 rupay kay notaoun ka haar” with the gold kiran. I am so glad they don’t do that anymore.
Most people don't do it anymore, but in French weddings, your nearest and dearest (usually grooms men and bridesmaids) play a wedding prank (called "charivari") on the bride and groom, where they come with pots, pans, horns and bells....anything that makes a lot of noise so they can disturb your wedding night!! :D
My wife's family had this weird tradition that I never heard of before. All the male cousins beat the heck out of dulha on the wedding day. I mean I was like what! but then I was like Ok a tradition is a tradition.
they stoped the tradition after our wedding, Good for them I say.
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I am so glad they don’t do that anymore.
