Archives for June 2020

The reading of wedding vows is one of the ceremony’s most anticipated moments – and we know how many doubts the bride and the groom can have about this! That is why I decided to use my experience as a bilingual wedding celebrant  (we’re based in Brasil and often we celebrate in more than one language) to put together some valuable pointers to make your wedding vows even more memorable and touching. Love is so transforming and unique that trying to put the reasons why we love ... Read the Post

Believe it or not, the first groomsmen we know of were tribal warriors! They were trusted friends of the Groom, and for these true guardians it was a sign of honor to be invited to protect the bride from possible kidnappers. The tradition as we know it, however, has roots in the Roman Catholic Church: The role of the sponsors was linked to the baptism – they  bore witness to the behavior of those receiving the sacrament. In the 5th century, when the tradition of infant ... Read the Post

Nowadays, the bride chooses to walk the path to the groom accompanied by her father and her bridesmaids, as a way to honor them. But it wasn’t always like this. Although we don’t know the exact historical moment in which the father came to accompany the bride while she walks to the future husband, if we take into account that past societies were quite patriarchal, it is natural to deduce that the man was responsible for handing the daughter over to the groom. In Ancient Rome, for example, one ... Read the Post

RICE TOSS The tradition of tossing rice on the bride and groom dates back more than 4,000 years: rice has already been the food base of many ancient peoples and therefore considered a way to wish health, wealth and happiness to newlyweds. In Chinese lands, rice has always been considered a symbol of prosperity but, legend has it, the ritual would have been introduced at weddings when a senior official from Old China commissioned a rain of rice to be thrown upon his daughter after the ... Read the Post

LAPEL FOR GOOMSMEN AND GROOM Unlike most traditions of antiquity in Rome or Egypt, the history of the lapel for groomsmen and grooms is somewhat more recent: the earliest records of its use are in 16th century French paintings. At that time, the small arrangement of flower that adorned the male costume represented the political alliances of a man. It was only two centuries later, in England, that the lapel gained popularity. From there, flowers from the gardens were carefully ... Read the Post

VEIL The bridal veil is one of the oldest wedding traditions. In Greece, brides already covered their faces because they believed that they would be protected from the evil eye of other women and their lust – for them, stripping also meant a transition from single to married. Articles presented by the American archaeologist Caroline Galt, specialist in the Greek and Roman cultures, realize that the Greek custom was soon adopted by the Roman brides, who began to wear a colorful mantle as a ... Read the Post