Where did this Russian tradition come from - a meeting with a loaf of young people? What does she mean? How to organize it? We will answer all questions in this article.
Come back with you a few centuries ago. Russian village. Walking wedding. The meeting of the young with the loaf is held at the end of the feast by the headman. The largest pieces were received by the newlyweds, then their parents and their closest relatives. Coins were baked at the base of the bread, and it was handed to the musicians. The rest was received by the children. There was a rule - received from a young loaf - give in return money or another gift useful in everyday life.
Well, the meeting itself with a loaf of young people originated in Russia in the 19th century and gradually evolved. In a modern reading, it looks like this: at the place where the feast will take place, guests line up in a “corridor”. The newlyweds arrive and pass along it into the hall. Along the way, guests clap, shower young with rose petals, confetti, rice, grain or coins - to your taste. If the celebration is in winter or in inclement weather - transfer this action to the room. Then there is a meeting of parents of the young with a loaf. The groom’s mom holds a loaf on a smart towel, and the bride’s dad holds glasses with champagne or any other drink. In the absence of one of the parents or in case of their unwillingness to take part in the ceremony, it is possible to arrange for the meeting to be carried out by two mothers or instead of the groom's mother was another woman who raised him. From ancient times, the loaf was a sign of the bride's adoption of a new family, which is why he is kept by her mother-in-law, who at the same time can say, for example, these words:
"Congratulations, our dear children! Accept this loaf as a gift! Let there be warmth in your house that stores this bread and prosperity of which it is a symbol! Advice to you and love!"
Say words from the bottom of your heart, you don’t need to read a long speech on a piece of paper - you will still have the opportunity to say it later, at a banquet. Meeting with a loaf of young people should be unobtrusive and laid back.
After this, options are possible - the bride and groom break or bite, pinch off or break off a piece, salt it (with the words of the parents “salt each other for the last time”) and eat it, treating each other. They quench their thirst with a drink and break their glasses “for good luck”. At this meeting with the loaf of young people ends, everyone goes to the wedding hall.
We do not recommend meeting with the loaf with icons. Usually they were blessed by the young before leaving the bride's house before the wedding. Here they are inappropriate, especially if there was no wedding.
Dear brides and grooms! Remember that the wedding is your day, and everything should be as you like. You can make changes to this tradition or do without it at all.
The wedding loaf can be held by the mother of the bride, or even the fathers of the bride and groom. Loaf can be replaced with any other food - for example, young people can give spring rolls - "fortune telling the future." What filling got caught - such will be life. It is advisable to get caught with sweet raspberries.
Parents can symbolically hand something to the young as a sign of entry into family life - a hammer and a rolling pin, for example.
At the end of the corridor, guests can simply release balls or butterflies, cut a red ribbon or drink from one goblet. An experienced toastmaster will beat all this in accordance with the style of your wedding and your wishes.