PECULIAR WEDDING CUSTOMS

IN SOME PARTS OF SCOTLAND THE BRIDE'S

FRIENDS COVER HER IN TRASH AND

TIE HER TO A TREE

IN INDIA WOMEN THAT ARE BORN ON A CERTAIN DAY OF

THE YEAR ARE CONSIDERED CURSED AND WILL BRING

THEIR HUSBAND AND EARLY DEATH. THE ONLY WAY TO

BREAK THE CURSE IS TO GET MARRIED TO A TREE FIRST

AND THEN THE DESTROY THE TREE.

IN NORTHERN BORNEO NEWLYWEDS ARE CONFINED

TO THEIR HOUSE WHILE NOT EMPTYING THEIR

BOWELS OR URINATING FOR THREE DAYS

IN SOME PARTS OF INDIA THE BRIDE'S FAMILY

TRIES TO STEAL THE GROOM'S SHOES AND HOLD

THEM FOR RANSOM

IN GERMANY THE GUESTS BRING THE NEWLYWEDS

NEW DISHES AS GIFTS AND THEN THEY SMASH

THEM TO DRIVE OFF EVIL SPIRITS

KOREAN TRADITION DICTATES THAT THE GROOM

HAS HIS FEET BEATEN WITH FISH OR A CANE BEFORE

HIS FIRST NIGHT AS A MARRIED MAN.  TO TEST HIS

TRUE STRENGTH AND CHARACTER.

IN THE CULTURE OF THE TUJIA PEOPLE IN CHINA,

THE WOMEN OF THE BRIDE'S FAMILY START

CRYING FOR 1 HOUR EVERYDAY 1 MONTH

BEFORE THE WEDDING.

WHILE WEARING WHITE MIGHT BE THE NORMAL THING

TO DO IN THE WEST, IN MOST COUNTRIES THE BRIDE

WEARS SOMETHING A LOT MORE COLOURFUL AS

WHITE IS THE COLOUR OF MOURNING.