**WEDDING TRADITIONS AROUND THE WORLD**

by **அருள்** Sun Jul 17, 2011 12:06 pm

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1-A few days before the wedding the bride are decorated with hand
Pakistani designs of henna. This is done specifically for the ceremony,
mehendi, rite, which was believed to bring good luck to be a future
family.

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2-Korean
bride and groom in traditional wedding attire. For two thousand years
there is a wedding tradition according to which the newlyweds in Korea
clothed in hanbok, traditional Korean costume of bright colors and
simple lines.

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3-Moroccan
brides usually wear ornate coats and a lot of jewelry. In Morocco, the
bride and all the women invited to the wedding, decorate the hands of
henna designs.

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4-All
men are invited to the wedding ceremony, wearing traditional dress of
Scottish Highlanders: kilts from wool tartan fabric - tartan, jackets,
and long stockings.

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5-During
the wedding ceremony of the Yoruba people, before they will bring the
bride, concealed under the veil, the groom and his friends fall down
before members of the bride's family.

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6-Wedding
dinner on the shore of Lake Titicaca in Bolivia. With the head groom
and the bride had not yet showered with confetti and flower petals,
which they hurled at a wedding.

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7-At
the wedding in the United States unmarried girls traditionally caught
the bridal bouquet. It is believed that one who catches the bouquet
cherished, will soon also be married.

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8-Japanese
couple during the traditional ceremony, during which they must drink 9
cups of sake. The picture was taken at a Shinto temple.

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9-In China, parents bring the bride groom wedding in traditional red wagon.

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10-Mass wedding in India make it easier for families, the financial
burden that entails the collection and organization of the traditional
dowry costly wedding ceremony. Brides wear white dress instead of the
traditional Indian bridal wear red, because the girl belonged to the
Christian communities of Punjab.

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11-In the picture - a French wedding cake Krokembush, which is a majestic tower of cream cakes.

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12-The bride and her parents are preparing to make a wedding procession in the street of a small Mexican town.

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13-Uighur
bride preparing for a wedding dress two: white wedding dress in Western
style for a formal dinner, which takes place on the first day of the
wedding, and the traditional Uyghur outfit for the second day of the
wedding, during which she greets guests as a married woman.

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14-Afghan
men dance to the rhythms of the dhol drum at Armenian Street in
downtown Jalalabad. And Afghan women are often celebrating the wedding
separately, without leaving home.

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15-The
bride and groom during the wedding tea ceremony is traditionally brings
tea older family members. The picture was taken in the Malaysian
capital - Kuala Lumpur.

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16-The newlyweds released two white doves as a sign of their love and harmony. The picture was taken in St. Petersburg.

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17-This
photograph was taken at the Wynn casino in Macau, the new Asian
gambling entertainment center. Such a wedding - not typical for this
region of China, which was once a Portuguese colony - the bride wore a
white dress in an eclectic style, retro, and the bridesmaids and guests -
in the costumes in the style of French maids. While it may be this is
the beginning of a new tradition?