Comments on: World’s Weirdest Wedding Customs

By: Sadique

Sadique — Thu, 13 Nov 2008 08:37:53 +0000

There are some other Indian subcontinent customs:

a) The bride will throw away some food on the door of her house
b) The bride will not look backwards when leaving the house
c) There is a gate money that needs to be paid by the groom to gain access to the bride.
d) The groom will not look directly to the bride. Instead a mirror will be used. He will be asked “what do you see”. He has to say: Fairy!
e) The bride and groom will share same sweet drink and share sweets. This will increase the love among them.
f) No kissing or unwanted touching! The groom can touch the bride only to put the ring on.
g) There is a Mehedi (Hena) or Holud (Termaric) ceremony prior to the wedding.

By: Svara

Svara — Sun, 26 Oct 2008 20:01:44 +0000

I especially loved watching the first henna video here. I’ve applied henna art before on kids and it’s not easy. It takes a lot of patience and in most cases before it even dries the kids cannot sit still long enough before it gets ruined.

Scotland on the other hand has a strange tradition that I’d never heard about before!

Great Post!

By: Eapen Kuruvilla

Eapen Kuruvilla — Fri, 03 Oct 2008 03:48:13 +0000

I (from south India) as boy was shocked when one of my uncles, representing groom’s side, complained about the wedding party food sponsered by the brides side. I was shocked becaouse the food was great and he was a high school principal.

Then I found that it is south Indian custom that the groom’s side always complain about the party food sponserd by the brides side irrespective of the quality of the food.

By: Name (required)

Name (required) — Thu, 02 Oct 2008 13:23:45 +0000

@John That is extremely tenuous

By: Aleksy

Aleksy — Thu, 02 Oct 2008 12:08:05 +0000

Nice post. Good to know different customs as I work as a wedding photographer.

By: John

John — Thu, 02 Oct 2008 00:52:44 +0000

Note the phonic similarity of chiverie (originally “charivari”) to the French pronunciation of “Charles Bovary,” a famously inept husband in a particularly chaotic marriage….