One of the most amazing things about our world is how the same action or tradition can be implemented so differently in each culture. Take marriage for instance; it's practiced around the world but the way a wedding is celebrated varies immensely across cultures.
If you're marrying someone from another country or just attending a destination wedding, you may experience some of these differences. Of course, not all weddings in every country are the same, and not everyone follows these traditions to tee. In any case, the way we each take something like a wedding and make it our own is quite special.
Here are some of the many ways wedding traditions are different around the world.
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Skip the jewelry and get mehndi in India.
Rather than wearing hand jewelry, in India it's traditional for the bride to spend hours getting mehndi, paint made from henna, intricately painted on her. While it requires a lot of patience, the results are a beautiful work of art that lasts roughly two weeks on the skin.
Interestingly enough, menhdi is actually painted onto the bride for it's medicinal properties. It's meant to help calm the bridge while dealing with the stress of the wedding day.
No one will "wine" about the cake in Norway.
If you attend a wedding in Norway, you'll love the cake for two reasons. For starters a traditional wedding cake, called a kransekake, is created by placing iced almond cake rings on top of each other to create a cone shape. Even better? In the center of this hollow cake, you'll find gifts, like a bottle of champagne or wine.
Another fun tradition is that the bride and groom pick up the top ring of the cake. It's a legend in Norway that however many layers stick to it underneath are the amount of children they will have.
In Cuba, you'll have to pay to dance with the bride.
Although it's common for the bride to dance with many of her guests across cultures, in Cuba the dance comes with a price. Every man who dances with the bride is traditionally required to pin money on to her dress. This custom is practiced to help the happy couple pay for the wedding and the honeymoon.
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