subject: A Fantasy Wedding In Italy [print this page] Italy is famous for its architectural monuments, festivals and its delicious foods. But there is one more reason that makes the world turn towards Italy. Yes, it is the Italian culture that gains attraction from every part of the world. Italian culture has a long history that includes its art, architecture, traditions and customs.
Italians always have a reason to celebrate a day, be it a festival, event or a personal gathering. Italians give high importance to families and family events. They are warm people who welcome others with open arms. Italians always live as a nuclear family, thus giving importance to family emotions. They join together in celebrating any family event. Weddings in Italy are family occasions where their traditions and emotions are brought out.
Being a country of romance, Italians never fail to let out their romance in the right way. Italians follow a number of traditions before and during the wedding. There are certain superstitious beliefs and customs followed to bring good luck to the couple. The bride has to have five things with her on the day of wedding. She has to have something old to remember the past, something new to represent the new life, something that is borrowed to symbolize the love of her closed ones who will support her forever, something in blue since blue represents purity and a gift she received to remind her about the love of the dear one. The groom is expected to carry a small iron piece in order to drive away the evil forces.
Weddings happening on Sundays, tying a ribbon in front of the church, covering fried dough with sugar are supposed to bring good luck to the couple. If the veil is torn, it is also considered to bring good luck. It is a bad luck if the groom sees the bride in her wedding dress before the ceremony. Getting married on a Tuesday or on a Friday is also a bad omen.
Few wedding customs are involved with shoes. Shoes were related to responsibility and hence passing a shoe from the bride's father to the groom was a custom. Earlier shoes were thrown at the couples as they left the church and if they were hit by them it was considered lucky. Nowadays, peony bridal bouquets are thrown on the couple instead of shoes. But still, shoes are not out of the ceremony, they are tied to the back of the cars.
