After returning from church, the wedding procession headed back to the bride’s house. There the bride and groom were welcomed by their parents, already married. The mother and father went out to the front door with bread, salt and vodka and served the bride and groom. While doing so, the mother would say and ask …
A traditional wedding lasted 6 days and included many different stages: preparations, which included conspiracies, matchmaking, betrothal, preparations for the wedding and asking guests, and then already the bachelorette party, redemption, blessing, unblessing and going to the wedding, nuptials in the church, wedding feast, relocation, nuptials, sharing of the korovai and elopement. Here we will …
Ritual dances, as the name suggests, appeared during rituals. Only rudimentary information, excerpts on the subject, has survived to this day. The longest surviving ceremonial dances were wedding dances. The first dance at a wedding was that of the senior best man or starosta. In fact, these were figures at the wedding much more important …
In terms of symbolism, the crowns, the rings and the candles, they all have their significance. The wedding crowns symbolize royal crowns, because the bride and groom will be queen and king in their home. After the wedding, the groom and the bride take off the crowns and put them in the wreath case. The …
