BIZARRE WEDDING CUSTOMS

IN FIJI MEN ARE EXPECTED TO BRING THE FATHER OF

THE BRIDE A TOOTH FROM A WHALE'S MOUTH

IN KENYAN MASAI WEDDINGS THE FATHER BLESSES

HIS DAUGHTER BY SPITTING ON HER HEAD

IN FRANCE, THE FRIENDS OF THE BRIDE AND GROOM

COLLECT ALL THE WEDDING LEFTOVERS AND BITS OF

TRASH IN A TOILET BOWL AND THEN FORCE THE COUPLE

TO DRINK IT. THESE DAYS, HOWEVER, ITS

USUALLY JUST CHOCOLATE

IN IRELAND AT LEAST ONE OF THE BRIDE'S FEET HAVE

TO ALWAYS BE ON THE FLOOR DURING HER WEDDING.

THEY USED TO BELIEVE THAT EVIL FAIRIES WOULD SWEEP

HER AWAY IF SHE DIDN'T

IN YUGUR CULTURE (AN ETHNIC CHINESE MINORITY) THE

GROOM SHOOTS HIS BRIDE THREE TIMES WITH HEADLESS

ARROWS. HE THEN BREAKS THE ARROWS TO ENSURE

THEIR LOVE LASTS

IN SOUTHERN SUDAN PEOPLE OF THE NEUR TRIBE BELIEVE

THE WEDDING ISN'T COMPLETE UNTIL THE BRIDE HAS HAD

2 CHILDREN. UNTIL THEN THE GROOM CAN SEEK A DIVORCE.

ON THE MARUESAS ISLANDS OF FRENCH POLYNESIA

THE RELATIVES OF THE BRIDE ALL LAY FACE DOWN IN

THE DIRT AS THE BRIDE AND GROOM WALK OVER THEM

ALTHOUGH NO COUNTRY OFFICIALLY RECOGNIZES

HUMAN/ANIMAL MARRIAGES THEY ARE PRACTICED IN

SOME PLACES LIKE INDIA TO WARD OFF EVIL SPIRITS

SOME VILLAGES IN AFRICA REQUIRE AN OLDER WOMAN

FROM THE VILLAGE TO ACCOMPANY THE BRIDE AND

GROOM ON THE FIRST NIGHT AFTER THEIR WEDDING