Weddings are the ultimate celebration of life and love, and the bond between two people who are said to be together till death do them apart. Celebrating this love between two people are their parents, relatives, friends, acquaintances, and more, who ensure the couple begins the new journey of their lives with a bang. However, wedding celebrations are very different from each other when comparing them to various nations.
The wedding shenanigans include some fun, light-hearted to some crazy rituals that have been around for ages and are still popular. Most of these traditions have a deep underlying meaning to them. Weird or not, some of these customs are worth a read and may even inspire you to tie the knot with the love of your life if you haven’t done it already.
France
France is popular for its delicious food and hospitality. But wait till you hear about their wedding ceremonies. They can be as weird as they can be gross. On one of the days of a French wedding, the guests fill a toilet bowl, filling it to the brim with leftovers.
Well, leftovers of things that are delicious. Then to give them a liquor-Esque spin, they mix it with the drinks and other things that could be labeled under food and drinks. The couple should drink up to build up their strength to brave what lies before them. Gross!
Scotland
The land of the Vikings likes to do things differently as the friends and family of the bride show love for the future bride by tying her up and covering her body with absolutely gross things. Thankfully they are all said to be edible, ranging from things straight from the pantry, such as flour, sauces, fish, minced meat, and more. After covering her up with all things smelly, she must spend a night out with her buddies. The idea behind this rather strange ritual is that she can handle anything if she can handle this.
China
China is famous for its offbeat wedding traditions. One of the weird traditions including shooting arrows on the poor bride, minus the arrowheads, of course. It is a harmless and rather fun tradition where the groom gets to aim at the bride and shoots three arrows. After hitting at her, he breaks the arrows in half. This means their love for each other will be there for each other forever and ever. Another weird Chinese wedding tradition where the bride chops off her hair and leaves behind is what you can call a rat’s tail hairdo. Cutting off the mane will mean beauty and cleanliness!
Mauritius
Have you ever heard of fat camps? Well, weddings in Mauritius have a different spin on it. Well, in most countries, brides have to resort to extreme measures to stay slim. Strangely weddings in Mauritius support the opposite thing completely. Bride-to-be goes to fat camps where they can eat as much as they can and get fat. Chubbiness symbolizes a sign of healthiness and wealth. Men too find bigger men to be more attractive.
Greece
If you found the other wedding traditions listed here to be a weird time to focus on the fun ones here. On the groom’s wedding day, the groom must get a shave from his barber. But in Greece, shaving is not done by a professional barber. Becoming a groomsman can mean something completely different.
The best man and the entire male brigade at the wedding shave the groom’s beard. They join hands to give the groom a shave of a lifetime. Well, we are guessing the bride would want her groom’s best friend to be a barber so that he gives her husband-to-be a nice shave, and he ends up looking his best on their wedding day.
So, here is a short roundup of some of the most bizarre wedding rituals you could ever hear about. They are interesting, fun, to as strange as they come. But what are weddings without these out-of-the-world rituals? And won’t they make for great photo ops for you to grin, chortle, and have a hearty laugh over them later? Do tell us which of these traditions do you find most amusing! And while at it, do not forget to share the bizarre wedding traditions from your region in the comments section.