When it comes to weddings, different cultures from around the world have some extremely shocking superstitions and practices. While a wedding day is simply a day of happiness for many, there are some who take it a step further to attach mystical strings to it.
In Egypt for instance, brides will have to keep painkillers handy on their wedding day because of the pain that they are required to endure if they want to be happy in marriage.
According to a certain group of Egyptians, pinching the bride on her wedding day would bring her and the groom good luck. While it is expected that people feel concerned to abut this amount of pain, Egyptian brides actually receive the pinches with joy.
This Egyptian wedding tradition is just one out of the many others that gets people’s mouth wide open in awe. In some traditions, the young women are required to sleep with a piece of a wedding cake under their pillows so that they would dream of their future husbands.
According to English folklore, finding a spider on your wedding dress on the wedding day is a good omen. They also believe that if you get married on a Saturday, you will be unlucky.
Even the origin of the wedding veils is related to superstitions. The Greeks and Romans believed that there are many evil spirits who roam around us and if they see the bride’s face they will put an evil eye on her.
So that is how the brides started to wear veils to protect themselves from these evil spirits.
In Italy, the groom has to break glass or vase as part of wedding custom. As per belief, the number of pieces of broken glasses symbolises the number of years you will live as a married couple. Men are encouraged to their full energy to it if they want to stay happy for many years.
While many people around the world pray for a wedding day without rain, some Indian traditions would opt for a wedding day with heavy rain as this symbolises good luck and prosperity.
