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A white dress, veil, something borrowed, old, new and blue - these are all the pieces essential to a traditional western wedding gown. And as with every tradition, there's an explanation for every detail in the wedding ceremony. And though we are all used to see white tones on a wedding dress, you don't have to look very far for an entirely different approach to the bride's attire. And as the cultures and wedding ceremony traditions vary from country to country, so does the unique dresses. Some brides adorn themselves in colorful wedding dresses, others paint their hands and faces by local customs, and some hide their faces completely behind layers of jewelry or veils.
Not everybody upholds these wedding traditions of course, and not everybody chooses the classical wedding dress color, and many people wear what they want for their Big Day, but this list compiled by Bored Panda provides a fascinating insight into the different ways that different people can celebrate the same occasion. Who knows, maybe you'll find some inspiration!
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#1
Indian Wedding
In Indian culture, pink or red wedding dresses are often the garment of choice for brides. Married woman in the north of the country can often be identified by a red dot in the middle of their forehead.
Tye Kerce 9 years ago
True but to those who don't know the name the description works better to communicate it. Describing it tells a person it's shape and color and location. A name they don't know wouldn't tell them anything.
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Loredana Telea 9 years ago
I think Indian wedding costumes are amongst the most beautiful in the world. I like that they're so colorful :).
Yuvika Saini 9 years ago
A bindi doesn't mean you are married sindoor on the forehead near your hair partion means you are married .its a red powder
Kaushik Banerjee 9 years ago
Indian wedding...? LOL! This is more like one of 20 very major types... Just check bengali wedding or marathi wedding or malayali wedding or Naga wedding or kashmiri wedding...
Eshaa Venkatesh 9 years ago
So there are 3 things that go on a bride forehead 1. Mang-tikka : This sits in the center-parting of the hair and is a piece of jewellery 2. Sindoor : Red vermillion applied in the center-parting, usually done during the marriage ceremony to signify that a woman now belongs to her husband 3. Bindi : Sticker like dot in the center of the forehead, usually between the eyebrows, can also be painted on - it is definitely not a piece of jewellery!
Ashna Kalra 9 years ago
The married woman in India is not identified by the red dot. They are identified by red vermillon in their parting of their hair and a special necklace the husband puts on the wife called "mangalsutra." As well as special wedding bangles called a "chura"
devmurarjee mayank 9 years ago
Guys the red dot is bindi. A bindi can be of many types from a simple red dot to a designer made, but on wedding it is emphasized to be in red color only, as it signifies that a woman is married and her husband is well alive.
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#2
Kazakhstani Bride
In a traditional Kazakh wedding, brides typically wear a headdress known as a "Saukele" as well as a facial veil. The Saukele is usually prepared long before the girls reach the age of marriage.
Cynthia Price 9 years ago
Like a falrytale princess from when I was a kid! Back then they all seemed to wear pointy hats with thin veils streaming out from them.
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Long Nguyen 9 years ago
oh man... fell in love with Kazakhstani people instantly - especially with Kazakh brides.
Lemixie Pond 9 years ago
she is about 22-24 years old. It's a common age for kazakh girls to get married
Madina Janiyaz 9 years ago
People tend to BS, when they know nothing about the subject. The girl is clearly around 20-23 yo. If women in your country look older at this age, marrying at 30+, it does not mean everyone else has to have or follow the same pattern, with you degrading the age of a girl from a country you are not even capable to spot on the map. So please, stop your BS claiming that she looks 14. We do not have and/or support child marriages. Do your research.
#3
Nigerian Bride
Nigeria is a big country with around 250 ethnic groups and over 500 languages. Wedding ceremonies therefore change according to region, religion and ethnic background. However, Nigerian brides often wear brightly colored wedding clothes. They also often wear a Nigerian head tie called a Gele.
Silvia Catarina Schneegans 9 years ago
What a beautiful lady, and the orange color looks so gorgeous on her.
Jasmine Kendall 9 years ago
Oranges and yellows look so much better on darker skin tones. Beautiful
Naima Ivansdóttir 9 years ago
also blue is a stunning colour on dark skin!
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Hutsuls Wedding In Ukrainian Carpathians
The Hutsuls are an ethno-cultural group of Ukrainians who have lived for centuries in the Carpathian mountains. The traditional wedding clothes are very colorful and the weddings themselves are very lively and full of dancing, games and jokes.
Tanya Playle 9 years ago
Wish there was a picture of their entire ensemble. I am sure it is amazing!
Natalka Poltavka 9 years ago
And this is how the wedding clothes looked like a couple of decades ago. 89135359_4...7c739e.jpg 
Panea Bogdan 6 years ago
Hutuli are the northeastern branch of the free Dacians (ancestors of today's Romanians). They speak Ukrainian due to the fact that they were occupied by the Czarist (Russian) empire, the USSR and then those territories were given a gift by the Republic of Ukraine. The costumes are identical to many others from different areas of Romania. Slavic Dacian-Romanian populations live in many other areas outside Romania. For example: historical Maramures, southern Bessarabia, Pocutia, southern Poland, Slovakia, between the Dniester River and the Dnieper River north of the Black Sea. All these people speak the language of the country in which they live but if you talk to them they will tell you that they are of a different nation. The harsh policies of denationalization have failed to reach their full target.
#5
Traditional Wedding In Ghana
Traditional weddings in Ghana are often very colorful, and each family has its own cloth pattern that features on the bride and groom's wedding outfits.
Yvonne Bernal 9 years ago
I am LOVING the colors too. Makes me want to see more from this country :)
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Over Opinionated 9 years ago
Catholicism it's really stupid it's always Catholic.
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#6
Japanese Wedding
For a traditional Japanese wedding, the bride often wears a pure white kimono for the formal ceremony, which symbolizes purity and maidenhood. After the ceremony the bride may then change into a red kimono to symbolize good luck.
Masami Suga 9 years ago
The bride wears white to symbolize her "death"from her natal family. White is the traditional color for the deceased in Japan. The color white also symbolizes a clean slate of her identity ready and willing to be changed into the colors of her husband's family. In a typical Japanese wedding reception, the bride then changes to a colored kimono or dress to signify her changing status.
Cynthia Price 9 years ago
NO! They are NOT "flip flops and socks"! Open a book, people! The shoes, are called tabi, and were traditionally made of wood, and served to raised the wearer up out of the water that often collected in the walking paths. The socks are specially made, traditional garments that split between the first and second toe to accommodate the thong of the tabi. Now, if you have made it this far without tl;dr'ing, congratulations! You're not an ignorant waste of bytes!
Krystyna Nahlik 9 years ago
Actually I had read that the white wedding kimono does symbolize death of the bride to their family, while red one afterwards stands for rebirth to her husband's one. But the symbolism might have changed in contemporary times ;)
Jessie Zoe Robertson 9 years ago
Oh wow! Flip this photo and you'd see me taking a photo of them too! They were gorgeous. There were loads of people taking their picture and they were so patient. Meiji shrine, Tokyo in May :)
Robin Ellison 9 years ago
The large headdress is to "hide her horns of jealousy ". At least that is what I was told when we lived in Japan
#7
Scottish Wedding
Men in Scotland traditionally wear the kilt of his clan for his wedding. After the ceremony, the bride wears a shawl emblazoned with her new husband's clan colors to signify her transition into his family.
Lucía Díaz Cano 9 years ago
Well, maybe this couple is Scottish in origin but living in New York? Or maybe they have Scottish ancestors and wanted to go with their traditions.
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Greg Boyd 9 years ago
I am the groom in this photo. My last name is Boyd. Those are the Boyd clan colors. Yes, it is Mohonk house in upstate NY. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clan_Boyd My family is many generations removed from Scotland, but we thought the traditional outfit would be nice. My wife is wearing the fly plaid from my outfit as a shawl. That traditional element in the photo was accidental. It just looked nice in the photo. All things considered though, the kilt outfit was made by Kinloch Anderson from Scotland. So it is really Scottish, even if we are not.
LL King 2 years ago
It's very nice Boyd & nice way to honor your ancestors.
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Kisa Loralei 9 years ago
So people aren't allowed to acknowledge their heritage then? I think it's a beautiful tradition. If your family actually has a legitimate tartan, should you not be allowed to wear it on significant occasions that traditionally call for it to be worn? Maybe someone who is born and raised in Scotland doesn't have actual Scottish roots. It's kind of rude to assume from a photo and no information about a person or their family what they are "able" to do for their family traditions. Maybe his or her family would have been shamed or disappointed if the family tartan wasn't used... which is a whole seperate can of worms lol. Just food for thought. The only way to progress acceptance in the world is to actually accept.
Annette Smith 9 years ago
Actually she does not traditionally wear a shawl. The tradition is to have a sash pinned on her by her groom's mother during the ceremony to welcome her as a new clanswoman.
Piper Perez 4 years ago
This photo was taken at a place called Mohonk Mountain house resort in New Paltz New York.
Sarah Guldenschuh 9 years ago
We kind of bucked tradition at our wedding. My husband was presented with a sash of our clan's colors to signify his acceptance into the family.
Tammy Roberts-Brame 9 years ago
My cousin had a traditional Scottish wedding with dancers and all. It was one of the most fun weddings I've been to!
#8
Mongolian Bride
In a traditional Mongolian wedding ceremony, the bride and the groom each wear what's known as a Deel. A Deel is a form of patterned clothing that's been worn for centuries by Mongols and other nomadic tribes in Central Asia.
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Энжигэ Энхмандах 9 years ago
But to be clear, the bride on this picture is not wearing a traditional mongolian deel. It is most likely a wedding in Xingjang, China, where mongolian descendants still live there however very mixed and changed over time, so did this traditional costume.
Enhuush Eesi 9 years ago
I am sorry but this is not very traditional Mongolian clothing, probably the photo was taken somewhere in Inner Mongolia
Tamir Badamgarav 9 years ago
This is not Mongolian costume, I'm Mongolian so i can say. This is kind of Chinese style. Don't do people confuse. ????
Indra Yesuntsagaan 9 years ago
I agree with Daria. Never seen that hat and dress in Mongolia before. We call it a "Deel" as it says. Some patterns and buttons are same most likely on that beautiful dress. But not really sure about a hat. I wonder, how will be man's costume with it.
Daria Gombojav 9 years ago
Looks no exactly mongolian, this is more like avangard style... from Inner Mongolia (China)
Yanjmaa Jargalsaikhan 9 years ago
This is absolutely not Mongolian Dress. Bad research has been done.
#9
Romanian Bride From Oas Region
Weddings in Oas are an important event in the north-west part of Transylvania. The wedding is organized by the parents as well as the bride-and-groom-to-be and various different rituals are involved including the preparation of the dowry and the costumes, choosing the godparents, and preparing the wedding flag.
Sebestyén Tamás 9 years ago
Boots are favored as weddings are often than not met with festive dances and practices. This pattern of clothing is found in other subcultures that can be subdivided among the primary ethnicities in the country - Romanian and Hungarian. Slavs & Saxons have had more influence in the past, but have since the Second World War reduced their numbers due to forced immigration.
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Ioana Haiduc 9 years ago
Romanian here. Never heard of this, but the design seems to be true and not exaggerated: 047.jpg 
Caba Florin 9 years ago
Romanian here too. It is authentic. in Oas region it is like that and sometimes you see even in news about that weddings. They are expensive and are mostly in August when people who work abroad come to have a traditional wedding.
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Bonni Poch 9 years ago
That is a LOT of beads. In New Orleans, they would have an entirely different meaning. Beautiful outfit though.
Popescu Adina 9 years ago
As far as I remember the richer you are, the more you are supposed to wear. Anyway, those must be crazy heavy to wear.
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Oana Barbu 9 years ago
The headgear has at least 20 kg and it is done out of small glass beads. Amazing handcraft!
Oli Marchis 9 years ago
Bride and Groom from this region. Photographed yesterday OLI_5110-5...c2e623.jpg 
Denisa Popovici 9 years ago
Buna! Oas e o zona etnica distincta, nu se poarta peste tot aceleasu haine ????
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Chinese Wedding
In China the colour red is considered to symbolize good luck. The colour is also believed to keep away evil spirits. It's therefore no surprise that traditional Chinese wedding outfits almost always feature the colour red.
Dawnie MrsBear 9 years ago
The Chinese don't actually wear these anymore. You'll only see these in period films or the couple's photo shoot
Alan Tan 9 years ago
traditionally today, Chinese don't dress up in ancient wedding costumes like the picture shown. Chinese has long time adopted white gowns and men suits (similiar to any modern wedding in the west). While majority Chinese still maintains traditional ceremony such as tea ceremony , the diversity of Chinese race from all parts of the world celebrates their big day whichever fits their social stands.
Susan Susan 9 years ago
This picture is not accurate. The clothes these two people are wearing are traditional wedding outfits from about 100 years ago. No one nowadays would dress like this for a wedding. NOw I question the accuracy of the other pictures. ugh!
Talise Snyder 9 years ago
But it is traditional, now Chinese usually wear white dresses and suits, but this is the traditional Chinese wedding clothes
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Cynthia Cheng Mintz 9 years ago
Most Chinese brides nix the headgear if they change into a traditional outfit. Same with the groom.
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Yakan Bride
The Yakan are an ethno-linguistic group that mostly inhabit the island of Basilan in the Philippines. Traditional weddings usually consist of two ceremonies, an Islamic one and an older, pre-Islamic ritual. The weddings are arranged by the parents and both the bride and groom wear face paint for the ceremony.
#12
Bride In Gora Region Between Kosovo And Macedonia
The Gorani people are Muslims by faith, but their traditions and customs contain various pagan elements. The bride is carried on a white horse covered with a scarf and a specially decorated umbrella during wedding festivities, and she accompanies her family to the neighbour's house of her husband-to-be.
Yvonne Bernal 9 years ago
She looks just like a carefully crafted porcelain doll. How stunning.
Britta Gabriel 9 years ago
I would have a hard time not scratching my face and smudging that beautiful artwork!
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Amanda Mackenzie B. 9 years ago
Yes, cool make up indeed. AM I THE ONLY ONE SEEING THIS CUPCAKE ON HER CHEST?!?!
Shilo Satoru 9 years ago
I think it's so cool that some cultures get to paint their faces during their wedding. The US has a boring tradition, in my opinion, and I don't know what exactly yet, but I would want to craft my own ceremony instead of doing what seems important to other people. It just doesn't mean "love" to me and I want to do something more colorful.
Irina El Azzouzi 9 years ago
I am from Serbia and I never saw or heard about thing like this. Kosovo is a part of Serbia and FYR Macedonia was a part of Serbia too (south Serbia) until communist had come and Tito became a president. Gorani are muslim Serbs who live in Kosovo. You made big mistake... I know a lot about traditional culture because I study history and I will repeat never saw thing like this.
Irina Naydenova 6 years ago
In Bulgaria we have them too- this is an ancient tradition, coming from zoroastrism - hence the sun , the moon and the stars on the face of the bride. In Albania there are villages like that too. 5d37233415e44.jpg 
Vesna Bidin 9 years ago
Not true. Gorani people are mostly Catholics, in contrast with Muslim Schiptars (Albanians) .
Eqrem Cabej 9 years ago
And the point is?! Are you too clever or Schiptars are not worthy? For your info it is Shqiptar,but I get your insult mode. Let them be Catholics,post is not about religion,not that you would undertand! From a Muslim Shqiptar who knows your kind!
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Indonesian Wedding
Indonesia has over 17,000 islands and so weddings here vary greatly depending on where people live and which of the 300+ ethnic groups they belong to.
Haekal Adzani 9 years ago
This is just one of the wedding dresses. From where I came from, we have dozens of different alternative wedding dresses to be worn during the ceremony. That's just from one particular area. One province could provide dozens of different dresses, one can only imagine how many acres of lands would be needed to exhibit all variants of wedding dresses from Indonesia.
Nizar Ziad 9 years ago
They are minangese tribe that originally came from west sumatra. Actually there's so called national wedding dress if the bride and the groom come from different culture especially when one is patrilinieal and the one is otherwise. Then, they may be decided to not employ their own wedding ceremony in order to acommodate both family and the guest also.
Ngalu Skudder 2 years ago
There are lot's of mini islands that cannot be seen clearly on a map
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Aria Irtadianto 9 years ago
That's only from Padang, West Sumatra, there's a lot more from Indonesia, From Java, Sulawesi, Bali, etc.
Indriana Pramesti 6 years ago
There are plenty of better pictures to represent Indonesia. Come on.. You're not doing a very good job
#14
Traditional Wedding Costumes And Bridal Crown From Norway
In Norway, the traditional wedding costume is called a Bunad. It can also be worn for other occasions such as christening parties.
Monika Budrikyte 9 years ago
Oooou, bunad is not a wedding costume. It is national costume and someone use it on their wedding day (and other parties as well)
Emmelin Lyngstad 9 years ago
Exactly. Though it seems like they wear a white bunad to the wedding, like these in the picture, while wearing black, blue or other colours to the other events. :)
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Linn Tara Lenby 9 years ago
Actually; In Norway, each county (there are 19 counties and 150 different bunads) has its own 'Bunad'.
Emmelin Lyngstad 9 years ago
And also there is the Satmi people that wears kofte. ^^
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Maria Diget Sletterød 9 years ago
The Bunad is a folk costume and it varies from region to region. It is also worn on 17th of May, Norway's National Day :)
Sunniva Jønsson 9 years ago
True, they USE bunad the most on Norway birthdat
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May Alta 9 years ago
This picture makes me proud to be a Norwegian. The crone is passed down from mother to daughter.
Verða 9 years ago
That must be for very rich families. Traditionally, the wedding crowns were owned by the church and rented out to the local villagers. :)
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Linda Thorsen 9 years ago
Every county in Norway has its own bunad, which is a traditional national costume that can also be used as a wedding dress. However, most Norwegian brides wear an ordinary, white wedding dress. Bunads are used for christening parties, Christmas, weddings (when you are a guest), anniversaries and most importantly: 17th May, Norway's national day.
Martin Velikov 9 years ago
Could you add this Bulgarian Wedding: https://drive.google.com/open?id=0B045YuoTwIu9M1ZNeEp4LVBDTEU
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Matyo Bride From Hungary
In traditional Hungarian weddings, a brides attire usually includes an embroidered dress with floral patterns and three bright colors. She often wears many underskirts as well as an elaborate head-dress with wheat woven into it.
Anamaria Sipos 9 years ago
I am quite curious of a Hungarian bride who ever looked like this on her wedding day. In any case it must be a head-dress specific for a very hidden region in Hungary, really not representative and above all not typical (regarding the head dress)
Szabina Sebastian 9 years ago
Az van odairva, hogy tradicionalis. Az azt jelenti, hogy nepi, hagyomanyhu. Senki nem mondta, hogy ma igy eskusznek a magyarok.
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Andrea Derda 9 years ago
Another traditional Hungarian bridal gown...the white coloured is the new style... the red bridal gown is the original, if I'm right... hagyomanyo...c160c5.jpg 
Henrietta Kovács 9 years ago
És ilyen is van: http://gallery.hungaricana.hu/tile/thumb/kepeslap/magyar_neprajz_a-z/magyar_neprajz_a-z__2385.ecw/?h=500
Henrietta Kovács 9 years ago
http://gallery.hungaricana.hu/tile/thumb/kepeslap/magyar_neprajz_a-z/magyar_neprajz_a-z__2385.ecw/
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Traditional Peruvian Bride In Sacred Valley Near Cuzco, Peru
Traditional Andean wedding outfits are often bright and include woven cloaks and hats adorned with tassels and reflective material. A special skirt and poncho is made for the bride and groom's wedding day.
Rebesweety 9 years ago
I am Peruvian and YES, I can confirm this is one of the many traditional Marriage dresses. They look like typical clothing, however, it is a wedding dress. The traditional clothing changes by region or community. I have seen many of this weddings. Of course, when the wedding is celebrated in a Church, the classic white dress is used, but when it is an ancient celebration, this dresses are worn.
Uthpala Silva 9 years ago
It very nice to see different cultural weddings and this is our Sri Lankan wedding outfits 13350422_9...47854b.jpg 
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Ángel J. Sánchez Cáceres 9 years ago
Mmmm As peruvian I think this is not a wedding dress, but traditional one, still, maybe that girl married her husband dressed like that.
Rebesweety 9 years ago
lol that's a guy walking behind her xD ... the dress is so colourful that it became an optical illusion it seems hehe
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Michael Límaco 9 years ago
I'm peruvian and this is not a traditional wedding dress. Is just traditional clothing.
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Traditional Wedding Costumes In Veliky Novgorod, Russia
Russia has over 185 different ethnic groups, and many of these have their own separate wedding traditions. However, many Russian weddings last for at least two days and some go on for as long as a week.
Elina Simon 9 years ago
They're singing blessings to the bride. She is in deep thought, and accepting the blessings . She is not unhappy. - It is a tradition to show her respect this way.
Emily Softley 8 years ago
She looks beautiful, but up to a week of a Russian wedding seems like asking for alcohol poisoning.
Meridian 9 years ago
The poor bride doesn't appear to be very happy. I hope things worked out ok.
Mizu Hari 6 years ago
Or maybe She's saying goodbye to her old home; likely living with her parents and unmarried siblings, and saying goodbye to her careless youth - stepping to a responsibilities of adult married woman. You should see sometimes brides and her dressing women all cry. ( Not to mention nervous grooms - getting married is a big change.)
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Hamar Woman In Traditional Dress
The Hamar people come from Ethiopia. Unmarried women wear large collars made of red, green, and black coloured beads, and married women wear two distinct metals collars. First wives also wear a leather band with a large visible disk attached.
Shay Lhea 9 years ago
They're probably just not into having total strangers take their picture...
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ashley jacobs 6 years ago
Her skin is absolutely GORGEOUS! She's absolutely glowing! How beautiful!
#19
Korean Traditional Royal Wedding Costumes
The Korean national costume is called the Hanbok, and a variation of this can be worn at traditional weddings. According to ancient tradition in, the groom should carry his wife around the table on his back. This is so the bride knows that her husband is reliable.
Kim Asher 9 years ago
He also looks like a Westerner, rather than a Korean. (I could be wrong, of course)
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Charles Tsua 9 years ago
Technically, these are the ceremonial robes of the former emperor/empress of Korea worn for 'themed weddings'. Normally, the court robes of officials and the court dress of noble ladies are worn for the average Korean wedding.
Lydia Choi 9 years ago
Those Korean style wedding is every Korean lovers' dream wedding! with Korean guy as husband to-be, we couldn't ask for more
#20
Malay Wedding
Most weddings in Malaysia are held according to the Muslim tradition. Brides often wear wedding dresses that include colors such as purple, violet, and cream.
Melia Janssen 9 years ago
There is a big Malay population in Singapore too. And yes, we wear this too.
Heina Karina 9 years ago
Singapore was part of Malaysia thus the tradition would be the same.
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Aida Daut 6 years ago
The groom is wearing traditional style; a two-piece baju melayu (shirt&pants), a samping (the short sarong around his waist), tanjak (a cloth-type of headdress) and a keris (a Malay's dagger). The bride is not wearing traditional style but close. The cutting is different based on the brides' taste. However they usually include; a long-sleeved top (which usually stops at the knees), a long skirt, and a headdress. They draw floral patterned henna on hands as well. What makes the wedding dress special is the matching colors for the couple.
Hafizahtul 'Aklaa 9 years ago
lol the bride is looking like she's holding her breath ????????????
#21
Balinese Wedding, Indonesia
Traditional Balinese wedding clothes are often vivid and richly decorated. The bride and the groom often wear crowns of gold on their heads during the ceremony.
Kelsi Clayton 9 years ago
This is Sami traditional clothing for special occasions including weddings. This frankly looks like Finland but could also be from Sweden or Norway as well.
Emmelin Lyngstad 9 years ago
No it's not Sami clothing, this is: http://www.framtidinord.no/incoming/article11645104.ece/lnpl7f/ALTERNATES/w980-default/samisk%20kofte.JPG :)
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Weddings In Jakarta, Indonesia
As in other parts of Indonesia, traditional wedding attire in Jakarta includes plenty of gold, intricate patterns, striking colors and ornate head wear.
Feliciano Haryanto 9 years ago
This aren't from jakarta. These are Palembangnese wedding dress, from South Sumatera, Indonesia.
Nizar Ziad 9 years ago
I think palemmbangnese is way more elaborate than this especally for the wedding headresses
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Henny DeWillis 9 years ago
Calling this Jakartans wedding dress is like saying something is New York's wedding dress. Or Washington DC's wedding dress. there's no such thing as Jakarta's wedding dress because Jakarta is a melting pot.
Yara Kira 9 years ago
would be nice if this was changed to betawi traditional clothes
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Ayu Purbasari 9 years ago
Its wrong, please look more from google. In jakarta, we usually wears kebaya as bride (we called it national wedding). This photo represent one of traditional wedding from sumatra indonesia).
#23
Uzbek Bride Wearing Traditional Clothes
In traditional Uzbek weddings (Nikokh-Tui), the bride wears a colorful outfit hand embroidered with intricate patterns. The wedding ceremony plays an essential role in Uzbek life.
Rana Salim Baluch 9 years ago
I was married in one of these outfits. It took 9 months to make by hand, and boy was it heavy and hot!
Cynthia Price 9 years ago
Is this a culture in which the women begin the making of the bridal gown at the birth of the girl? With such intricate embroidery I would think, traditionally, it might take that long!
Peggy Williams 9 years ago
Wondering out loud how long it would take to make these beautiful pieces!
LL King 2 years ago
I would think over a year or a group making it together! It seems very intricate!
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Afghani Jewish Bride
Jews are believed to have resided in Afghanistan for nearly 1,500 years. Now however there is only one Jew remaining in the country (Zablon Simintov, who was born in Herat in 1959). Traditional wedding ceremonies saw the brides covered with a veil and garments, and she also wore henna on her hands and feet and sequins on her forehead.
faiq_sawiz 9 years ago
All brides in the country wear traditional cloths as this. They are so fancy and skillfully made
Ali Yafai 9 years ago
Because Russia America Israel destroy Afghanistan for everything
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Acelle Garipova 9 years ago
It is rude for the bride to show her joy. She should be modest, shy and kinda sad.
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Michelle Klutey 9 years ago
It's the headress running across her forehead not a unibrow at all lol
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Zeca Lima 9 years ago
I'm sure you didn't read the description. It says JEWISH, not Israeli. And it's in AFGHANISTAN. This is not about politics.
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Turkmen Bride
In Turkmenistan, the traditional wedding ceremony sees the bride dressed up in a red dress made from silk homemade fabric studded with silver or gilded pendants.
Emmelin Lyngstad 9 years ago
She looks like a badass assassin with that cloth in front of her mouth and the hoodie covering her head. :D
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Kate Pollin 9 years ago
The gesture doesn't mean the same everywhere and I don't think it's a conscious gesture. It is just how she is trying to hold that heavy headdress so that the photographer gets the shot.
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Palembang Wedding, Indonesia
Palembang is the second-largest city on Sumatra island in Indonesia. In traditional weddings brides wear what's called an Aesan Gede, which is a rich and striking costume that evokes the grandeur of the Srivijaya empire.
Nadia Amelia 9 years ago
in palembang so many arab decent, usually on palembang with arab decent wore that
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Saima Nisbet 9 years ago
Gee, thanks for that disparaging remark about a stranger's looks(!)
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Sami Wedding
The Sami are the indigenous people living in the far north of Europe. The area is called Sápmi and it stretches across parts of Norway, Sweden, Finland and the Kola Peninsula. Their traditional dresses explain a lot about the wearer. For example, single people wear belts with circular buttons, while square buttons mean a person is married.
Krista Mikkonen 9 years ago
The color and style of the dress and clothes depends a lot what area you are from. Nowadays younger generation have brought more variation with colours etc. Its not always this same style :)
Cesi Baca 9 years ago
This whole post is about traditional wearing outfits. Of course most people in these countries don't wear these outfits. I don't know for you, but where I'm from when the word traditional is used its to describe almost native or tribal ethnic groups, never the main stream.
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Kristina Johansen 9 years ago
This one is from kautokeino in norway. Evere place have different design ????
Tammy Roberts-Brame 9 years ago
Is the groom already married and taking a 2nd or 3rd bride because his belt has square buttons or might he be a widower or divorced?
Mizu Hari 6 years ago
They look like 45-50 yrs of age, so yes, widow or divorced. They have monogamy.
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Polish Wedding From The Lowicz Area
A Polish bride will traditionally wear a white dress and a full veil (welon). The groom will often wear a buttonhole flower to match his bride's bouquet. If you notice a bride subtly moving a part of her wedding dress to cover the top of the groom's shoe, she may be following a traditional belief that this will give her a position of dominance in the relationship.
Joanna Tur 9 years ago
i'm polish and i've never seen anything like that...traditional clothing is rather rare this days....
Sara Jane 9 years ago
This is lovely but I can't stop laughing at the flowers on her head and her face like she is praying they wont fall off :)
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Sua Kang 9 years ago
Brides in Polland cover groom's shoe with the wedding dress? In Turkey brides step on groom's feet to show dominance.
Mizu Hari 6 years ago
So do brides in Finland. It's a funny game while cutting the wedding cake - the bride tries to step on her husband's toes, and the groom tries to avoid it by keeping his feet away from her reach - while still holding hands. The quicker one is believed to be the boss in their household. Usually this makes cutting the cake very difficult. And because of the long skirt hiding bride's feet the new husband usually ends up "being under his wife's toes" - meaning that he bends to her will in their home.
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Katarzyna Wieckowska 9 years ago
I'm from Lowicz and it's not unusual. Actually it's getting quite popular these days but I don't recommend it for summer weddings. The skirt is made of wool and one needs to put some undergarments to make it look like that. And it's quite heavy but looks simply stunning!????
Teresa Putsela 9 years ago
I think some of the pictures are in wrong order Norwegians aren't using kilts either...
Teresa Putsela 9 years ago
Oh, now the picture changed. Interesting. Ignore my comment. :)
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Dawn Murin 9 years ago
The groom will often wear a buttonhole flower to match his bride's bouquet, which she traditionally wears on her head?
Tammy Roberts-Brame 9 years ago
Now there's an idea… put ur bouquet on ur head leaving ur hands free!!
#29
Maasai Wedding In Kenya
In a Maasai wedding, the bride is required to wear a bold and colorful necklace made of beads and shells. On the night of the wedding, a party called the "kupamba" takes place. During this party, the bride is allowed to take off her veil and show her hairstyle and jewels.
Uche E 9 years ago
Ok, the part of Africa where I come from, at the end of the ceremony there's a symbolic moment where the bride's friends will help her carry all her stuff and see her off to her new home. I'm yet to see a bride that did not cry during this event.
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Sandra Wyles 9 years ago
Some pretty judgemental comments here. How do we know if she had this facial expression the whole time? This captures a just tiny moment in time. Most brides cry and many people marry young and have long happy marriages.
Kaitlyn H 8 years ago
I once studied Africa in a class and many children get married at a young age the boy usually a bit older than the girl.
Load More Replies... Tammy Chapman 9 years ago
Also I want to add, (unless you truly know the whole story) you have no right to judge people who live differently than you do. I agree that no one should get married under the age of 18. I also agree that NO ONE should ever be forced to marry someone they don't want. But, you are basing your opinions and your judgments on 1 picture. Before you start judging others, do your homework. Yes we should save the children, of course we should. But how can you tell from this picture if the girl is under 18? smh....
Tammy Chapman 9 years ago
First, none of us knows how old she is, or why she is crying. A picture only captures one little moment in time. I do hope she is NOT a child and that she IS happy to be married. I want to say thank you to Uche E for explaining how things happen where s(he) is from. First real answer/comment of this entire post. I do not know the culture over there, so I don't know how they do things there. Here in the US, when my daughter was married (she was 20 years old and her husband was 25), my mother said that the rain that day showed that she would not cry a lot in her marriage. It's an old wives tale, but it is interesting. Everything....and I do mean EVERYTHING is different all over the world. Unless you observe it yourself you have no idea what is truly going on. Thank you to the people who do rescue children in bad situations, sadly this happens in my country too. It's against the law, but it happens.
Brittany Harbist (drowwarlock) 2 years ago
"It's against the law, but it happens..."?! Are you kidding me? It should not happen one way or another!! Emotions aside, it is unexcusable to defend this type of way of life. No woman whatever culture should EVER have to go through this! Humans who are pedophiles should NOT continue this way in ANY culture. Period.
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Marion Jansie 9 years ago
Is great to see so many people knowing why this girl is crying and how they are not prejudiced at all. Maybe she is crying because somebody she always wanted at the wedding is not able to be there, we don't know that and probably never will.
#30
Bedouin Wedding Veil In Israel
In traditional Bedouin wedding ceremonies, Bedouin brides often wear a heavy and ornate face veil comprised of various jewelry.
Sirine Sadeddin 9 years ago
This is Palestinian and not Israeli. You have no right alleging Palestinian culture and heritage to a "country" less than 70 years old. Taking land is one thing but stealing heritage is a whole new level
Emma Assault 9 years ago
Bedouin wedding veil in Jordan & some parts of Palestine, not Israel. And they are different in style in every region, city, vilage even family. As well as the number & material of the coins orten signify family status and wealth
Dalia Alusta 9 years ago
This is palestenian bedouin bride! And it has beatiful dance too, only the daughters of the tribe leaders wear this, and there is great tradetion where men from all over try to reveal the face and she fights with tradetional knife the man who succeed to take the veil off get married to the bride! All it goes in a beatiful show of power while dancing and singing traditional songs ???? Love palestine #free_palestine
Ngalu Skudder 2 years ago
That seems to be a trend among wedding outfits around the world, just like a very decorated wedding dress
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gamad_rgg 9 years ago
So many kinds of wrong... Israel is a nation. beduim is pronounced: bed-oo-eem. Not only are they not Arabs nor Palestinians they are all Israeli citizens. when the Jews and the Arabs had their fights back before 1948, beduim took no sides, but the Arabs attacked them even though they were not enemies. Arabs are hated by the beduim to this day, all Beduim within Israel are Israeli citizens and take a great proud of being a pert of the IDF (Israel defense forces) the lot of you that know nothing about Israel should get educated before you open you stupid mouths.
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Javanese Wedding
Traditional Javanese wedding outfits generally include a sarong, a high-collared shirt, a jacket and a blangkon (a traditional Javanese headdress) for the groom, and a sarong, a kebaya (long-sleeved blouse), and a selendang for the bride. The woman's hair is often put in a flat bun called a Sanggul.
Desi Pratiwi 9 years ago
It's a pattern drawn on the bride’s forehead. It signifies the form of a lotus to symbolize purity in Javanese culture.
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Hanee Wishandayani 9 years ago
Thia one was the modern one, you may check this link to aee the real traditional javanese wedding outfits and for me its more stunning --> https://www.pinterest.com/pin/123989795963683833/
Hanee Wishandayani 9 years ago
This one was the modern one, you may check the real traditional javanese wedding outfits in this https://www.pinterest.com/pin/123989795963683833/link and its more stunning -->
#32
Traditional Bride Costume From Schaumburg-lippe, Germany
In Germany, traditional bridal headdresses vary from region to region. In the Black Forest valley, the headdress is large and decorated with hundreds of beads and glass balls, while in Buckenburg the emphasis is more on flowers than beads.
Kiki Nowski 9 years ago
I guess these are all rather VERY traditional - really, never seen anyone wear such a Tracht at his/her wedding
Jeanne Deaux 9 years ago
Because nobody cares about traditions and their heritage anymore.
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Eva-Maria Sievert 9 years ago
I'm from Schaumburg-Lippe and born in "Bückeburg". I know about the Tracht. But I also never seen a traditional Tracht-Bridal dress. But maybe my grandmother does. ;)
brittaniee card 4 years ago
What in the playground balls? That is special beautiful colors different shape!
#33
Yemenite Jewish Bride
In a traditional Yemenite Jewish wedding, the bride wears jewelry and an elaborate headdress decorated with flowers and leaves. These are believed to ward off evil. Gold threads are also woven into the fabric of her clothes and wedding celebrations traditionally last seven days.
Tammy Chapman 9 years ago
I've been trying to figure out how any wedding could last a week. And I really hope this bride didn't have to wear that head dress for very long, it looks really heavy.
brittaniee card 4 years ago
I’m 3% Jewish. She looks like a Conehead. I do like the jewlery, i will use the element of extraordinary size and traditional patterns in my wedding 👰🏾
ilham rhamadan 8 years ago
this showed me if I was born as a jewish girl, I will probably convert before get married. Damn, it's so too much and prissy.
Ngalu Skudder 2 years ago
You don't have to wear it. Just like you don't have to wear a wedding dress. You can wear whatever you like to your wedding, it's just traditional for this group of Jewish people to wear something like this.
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Traditional Bride In Ribnovo Region In Southwest Bulgaria
The wedding customs in Bulgaria's Ribnovo region are influenced by Islamic traditions. Festivities last for five days and include lots of singing and dancing. On the second day the bride's face is painted white and adorned with sequins.
Desislava Baranova 9 years ago
Lol i am bulgarian and i have never seen wedding in Ribnovo. Usually bulgarian weddings are with white nice dress, elegant suit... like in the movies haha. This should be some really small region..
Angy Push 9 years ago
Uhm, I, too am bulgarian and haven't seen such wedding attire, but this is about traditional dresses and ours aren't white at all. Learn a little history maybe?
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Александра Рангелова 9 years ago
Please, be kind and show this picture, which is a good example of traditional wedding outfit and which is more accurate and presents larger territory, than in Ribnovo. Thank you! 1433767498...bb0818.jpg 
Nadezhda Nikolova 9 years ago
Actually this is traditional wedding costume in a very small region in Bulgaria. Although we have 7 ethnological regions, the weddiing attire from area to area, even in the same region, is very difficult. From the very dark colours in Shumen region to the multicoloured in Yambol, from the mainly red in Sofia, to mainly white in Varna, it is impossible to show all traditional attire of Bulgaria. We have mixtures of many cultures passed through Bulgaria, which we have adapted here. However, nowadays the weddings with traditional attire is very rare. We use the widely spread idea of white dress and few inherited from abroad traditions as well.
Časlav Đorđević 9 years ago
Lol, this is true for the whole Balkans. We are alike "као јаје јајету".
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Plamena Toneva 9 years ago
None of you really got that the post doesn't represent the traditions of the whole country, but just the different small ethnic groups.
Elina Boeva 9 years ago
This is rare and extremely interesting ritual, but shoul't be called traditional for the Bulgarians. Rather, it is specific for a very small group of people in a small region....
Katerina Kopanarova 9 years ago
Looking at the dresses of the two other ladies next to the bride I started suspecting that this is a traditional wedding outfit of those Bulgarians who have accepted Islam for their religion (the official religion in Bulgaria is Orthodox Christianity). An indeed I did a little research and it tuned out that in Ribnovo the population consists only by those people. So this is not the common accepted traditional Bulgarian wedding dress but actually the author of the article doesn't claim that - it is correctly pointed that this is the costume only in Ribnovo. Anyway I really hoped to see some pictures of other Bulgarian traditional weeding costumes because they are really beautiful and interesting so I think that they deserve to have a place in this article.
Radoslava Vasileva 9 years ago
This does not represent Bulgaria's traditional costume. This is a very small region and a very closed society you're presenting here. Anyone interested can invest some time into researching the actual bulgarian traditional costume, it's called носия (nosia). The bulgarian woman, if you believe the songs, has a clean oval face, a headpiece depending on the region, a shirt and a dress on top. Sometimes she has a skirt instead and a vest. Sometimes she has an apron, sometimes she has a belt. It's very simple when you think about it, but the magic comes with the rich and colorful embroidery on the clothes. It's beautiful. This over here is slightly unnerving.
Fanny Horn 9 years ago
It doesn't say it represent a Bulgarian traditional costume (no such thing btw, all regions are different). It specifically says Ribnovo region.
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Ivan Marinov 9 years ago
People, "I am Bulgarian and" or "I am Bulgarian, but" are not valid arguments proving you are not ignorant of the history, ethnology or ethnography of your country.
#35
Bride In Eritrea
The Rashaida are a Muslim tribe populating Eritrea and northeast Sudan. When a Rashaida woman is to be married, she stays in seclusion until her wedding, and the Rashaida only marry their own. A Rashaida bridal veil contains rows of metallic thread embroidery and pearls which are geometrically arranged.
Ali Yafai 9 years ago
Slaves? Because they are Muslim? You dislike Muslim?
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Tatyana Tatyana 9 years ago
Anyone has a dislike about this traditional wear...see the one right under....no face!!!
Vanessa 9 years ago
yeah this looks like a portable prison :( I still hope she's happy
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Avar Bride Wearing Traditional Costume
The Avar are a Caucasus native ethnic group living in the Russian republic of Dagestan. Much like their wedding outfits, their traditional wedding ceremonies are also quite elaborate and are generally accompanied by folk dances and music.
Kata Várkonyi 9 years ago
Anyone can hide under this clothes, so husbands can be rly surprised
Mark Petersen 9 years ago
Looks slightly like a Sith Lord. Hell, maybe this is where the inspiration came from!
#37
Tibetan Brides
For a traditional Tibetan wedding, the bride wears a white, woollen wedding dress which may be layered with brightly coloured aprons and robes. Often there are so many layers that it can sometimes be difficult to see the bride underneath!
#38
Kinnauri Bride
The Kinnauri people come from Kinnaur district in Himachal Pradesh, India. In traditional Kinnauri weddings, the bride wear a heavy layer of gold and silver ornaments and a handmade garland made from dry fruits. The bride also wears a hand woven dress with a brightly embroidered hand woven shawl to cover the shoulders.
Fikret Aygün 4 years ago
Popular aesthetic https://www.evamike.com/woman-fashion-trends/ proportions.
Ana Kamushadze 9 years ago
This is not a full version of national wedding dresses. Please see http://nationalclothing.org/europe/14-georgia.html
Julie Bouloudani 9 years ago
@António Lima, what the hell is wrong with you, you cannot decide what is beautiful or not and most of all you cannot criticize others country traditions and customs.
Tracey Tait-Brown 9 years ago
I don't think Antonio Lima did either of those things.... He said how is he going to kiss you? Good question. Mine would be how does she see where she is going.... That doesn't mean I am criticizing anyone or their traditions. It also doesn't mean I don't think it is beautiful. It means 'How does she see where she is going." why would you jump in him for asking a question? That is just rude.
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Martin Velikov 9 years ago
Could you add this Bulgarian Wedding:
Traditional Bulgarian wedding from the late 18th century. The bride is with red veil in the Orthodox canons of the period. After entering the European culture in the country, the veil becomes white. Besides the red veil, women wore hand-knitted belts with buckles and strings of gold coins that are specific for each of the seven ethnographic regions in Bulgaria. The man wore a belt / silyah / which was holding a bag with money, a knife and a gun.
https://drive.google.com/open?id=0B045YuoTwIu9M1ZNeEp4LVBDTEU ANV_8064-0...96b3f3.jpg 
Cassie Williams 9 years ago
I would very much love more information regarding the symbolism of a lot of these traditional wedding garbs.
Ana Kamushadze 9 years ago
Yes, the article does not cover the whole issue about wedding . If you are interested you can see http://nationalclothing.org/europe/14-georgia.html
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Amanda Butler 9 years ago
I stumbled across this Burmese couple having their wedding photos taken in Bagan a few years ago. So gorgeous! burmese-we...10f624.jpg 
Yvonne Bernal 9 years ago
These photos are indicative of the vast differences in our individual cultures. When it comes to marriage, we have one thing in common - the meaningful seriousness of the occasion and the tradition behind it.
Giorgi Todashvili 9 years ago
You missed GEORGIAN tradiotional wedding wutfits 134052-579...bd5346.jpg 
Aleksandrina Dimitrova 9 years ago
So beautiful! I would like to add also a traditional Bulgarian wedding where the groom is originally in white, the bride in red 1440961700...5b43d1.jpg 
veronika panova 9 years ago
This is a traditional Bulgarian wedding. In some regions the vale is red, in some - white. Every region in Bulgaria has it's own patterns and colors for the clothing but they mostly look like that. And in the background you can see how the "tables" were set for the wedding guests. There is also a band of bagpipe musicians, flute and drum players and many traditional dances called horo. 655-402-lu...55c5f6.jpg 
Dan Mar 9 years ago
this is traditional Slovak wedding - from village Čajkov cajkov-sva...fe45d3.jpg 
ugaas wiilhoog 9 years ago
Somali wedding- (saash saar). Somalis are inhabitants of the Somali Peninsula or Greater Somalia (Somalia, parts of Djibouti, Ethiopia and Kenya). Somali weddings usually last about 3 days, Day 1 the religious ceremony Day 2. The actual ceremony and finally ( Toddobá bax) literal translation 'after 7 days' where the couple union is celebrated and in the Southern regions Women have the Scarf ceremony (Saash saar), where they celebrate the bride becoming a woman and only married women who have never been divorced can put the scarves on her (this is rub their good luck on the new bride). This picture is an example of a saash saar. wed-4-5792...5e49c1.jpg 
ugaas wiilhoog 9 years ago
sorry correction day two is the actual wedding celebration.
Load More Replies... Lyone Fein 9 years ago
Many of these brides are actually wearing their dowry in the form of the silver beads and chains and other silver items hanging from their wedding garments. This is their insurance in case of divorce, because this wealth that they bring into the marriage with them remains theirs in case of divorce.
Martin Velikov 9 years ago
Could you add this Bulgarian Wedding:
Traditional Bulgarian wedding from the late 18th century. The bride is with red veil in the Orthodox canons of the period. After entering the European culture in the country, the veil becomes white. Besides the red veil, women wore hand-knitted belts with buckles and strings of gold coins that are specific for each of the seven ethnographic regions in Bulgaria. The man wore a belt / silyah / which was holding a bag with money, a knife and a gun.
https://drive.google.com/open?id=0B045YuoTwIu9M1ZNeEp4LVBDTEU ANV_8064-0...96b3f3.jpg
Cassie Williams 9 years ago
I would very much love more information regarding the symbolism of a lot of these traditional wedding garbs.
Ana Kamushadze 9 years ago
Yes, the article does not cover the whole issue about wedding . If you are interested you can see http://nationalclothing.org/europe/14-georgia.html
Load More Replies... Amanda Butler 9 years ago
I stumbled across this Burmese couple having their wedding photos taken in Bagan a few years ago. So gorgeous! burmese-we...10f624.jpg
Yvonne Bernal 9 years ago
These photos are indicative of the vast differences in our individual cultures. When it comes to marriage, we have one thing in common - the meaningful seriousness of the occasion and the tradition behind it.
Giorgi Todashvili 9 years ago
You missed GEORGIAN tradiotional wedding wutfits 134052-579...bd5346.jpg
Aleksandrina Dimitrova 9 years ago
So beautiful! I would like to add also a traditional Bulgarian wedding where the groom is originally in white, the bride in red 1440961700...5b43d1.jpg
veronika panova 9 years ago
This is a traditional Bulgarian wedding. In some regions the vale is red, in some - white. Every region in Bulgaria has it's own patterns and colors for the clothing but they mostly look like that. And in the background you can see how the "tables" were set for the wedding guests. There is also a band of bagpipe musicians, flute and drum players and many traditional dances called horo. 655-402-lu...55c5f6.jpg
Dan Mar 9 years ago
this is traditional Slovak wedding - from village Čajkov cajkov-sva...fe45d3.jpg
ugaas wiilhoog 9 years ago
Somali wedding- (saash saar). Somalis are inhabitants of the Somali Peninsula or Greater Somalia (Somalia, parts of Djibouti, Ethiopia and Kenya). Somali weddings usually last about 3 days, Day 1 the religious ceremony Day 2. The actual ceremony and finally ( Toddobá bax) literal translation 'after 7 days' where the couple union is celebrated and in the Southern regions Women have the Scarf ceremony (Saash saar), where they celebrate the bride becoming a woman and only married women who have never been divorced can put the scarves on her (this is rub their good luck on the new bride). This picture is an example of a saash saar. wed-4-5792...5e49c1.jpg
ugaas wiilhoog 9 years ago
sorry correction day two is the actual wedding celebration.
Load More Replies... Lyone Fein 9 years ago
Many of these brides are actually wearing their dowry in the form of the silver beads and chains and other silver items hanging from their wedding garments. This is their insurance in case of divorce, because this wealth that they bring into the marriage with them remains theirs in case of divorce.
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