Wedding Traditions - Why Doesnt A Bride Just Wear Blue?
Traditions and the concept of repeating actions performed by our ancestors absolutely
fascinate me! Why DO we do the things we do? Why wear white? Why not blue or green Why exchange rings? Why not handkerchiefs? . And why have do bridesmaids wear the same colour?
All these things and more combine to make up the amazing tradition that is a wedding and I have delved in deep to find the answers to some stubborn questions.
Wedding traditions go back about as far as early civilization records. Although some have altered or been forgotten, for the most part they come from around the world and come from religious or supernatural roots.
The word bride comes from old English for the name for cook, while the word groom comes from male child.
The term wedlock comes from the old English word wedd which means to pledge. Lock comes from the old English term lac, which means to carry out an action. That, in keeping with the original meaning wedlock, which was the pledging of property, as payment for his daughter, to the brides father.
The tradition of asking for the brides hand in marriage comes from a Roman custom called joining of hands. In a symbolic purchase, the groom would give the brides father a coin, and the bride would then be passed from her fathers hand to her husbands.
Thesedays we dont flip the old man a coin and wisk the fair maiden away, there is another custom at play the proposal. Why does the man get down on one knee? This goes back to the days of knighthood when it was customary for a knight to dip his knee in a show of servitude to his mistress and master. The knight would kneel before a tournament and wait for his lady to toss him her ribbon or colors, as an indication of her favor.
Another possible source for this custom may be connected to the practice in some religions for congregants to kneel (genuflect) during prayers and at other religious ceremonies, like weddings. That interpretation gives proposing a solemn, spiritual connotation with overtones of respect.
And while we are on the subject, the proposal, until recent decades, has been solely a mans duty but there has been a shift and now women can make Leap Year Proposals. This special privilege given to women on the 29th of February dates back hundreds of years to when the leap year day was not recognized in English law. The day was simply leaped over and ignored. Hence the expression leap year. Since the day had no legal status, one could assume that standing traditions could be broken. Many unmarried women took advantage of this glitch in the law by proposing to the man they wished to marry.
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