Each nation has its own special wedding ceremonies that are passed down from generation to generation, are kept and venerated. Of course, the modern world is already adding fashionable innovations to the wedding ceremony. But still, ancient wedding rituals are distinguished by sincerity and touching. One of such beautiful traditions is the ceremony of removing the veil.
History of occurrence
At all times, people got married and played weddings, in past centuries they attached great importance to wedding rituals. The ceremony of removing the veil from the bride goes back to ancient times. Then married women did not go bare-headed, but always wore a scarf.
After the wedding ceremony, a wreath and a veil were removed from the bride. A scarf was put on her, which symbolized the transition from girlish life to family life.
The ceremony of removing the veil at a wedding
The veil symbolizes the tenderness and purity, purity of the bride and is a must for weddings. At the end of the wedding feast, the time of the most touching custom comes. The ceremony of removing the veil from the bride means that the girl became a married woman. The people there are several options for carrying out this tradition. So, for example, the mother of the groom removes the veil from the bride, and then ties her head with a scarf, which is a symbol of adoption in a new family. After this rite, the mother-in-law becomes the mother for the daughter-in-law, and she, in turn, is the daughter for her. The whole tradition of removing wedding decorations from the head is accompanied by beautiful words, parting words and wishes for a happy family life.
And there is also such an option when the mother of the bride performs this ceremony, but before that she plays a small scene where she offers her daughter to remove the veil, and she refuses. This reflects that the tender veil is a symbol of youth, joy and carelessness, and the scarf characterizes family life with all the difficulties and hardships. In this scene, the bride three times does not agree to remove the veil, but then the mother persuades her daughter, and her head is covered with a scarf. With these actions, a beautiful and sad melody plays, which makes the ceremony even more touching, tender and impressive. Some peoples have special songs for this tradition. Removing a veil is a symbol of the bride's transition to the status of a legal wife.
The beautiful dance of the groom and the bride and groom (already in a headscarf) personifies their beginning family life. The rite of removal of the veil is recommended to be carried out already at the end of the wedding, before seeing off the young. In some villages, this ritual is performed by a young husband who, removing hairpins from his hair, kisses the bride each time.
In addition, there are a number of funny and funny customs where the veil is blindfolded to the groom so that he does not stare at the other girls. After the ceremony, the bride dances with the veil taken off, surrounded by unmarried girls. In the dance, she tries on each veil and thereby wants to quickly find her lover and get married. Some beliefs say that the wedding veil is a talisman of a happy family life, the guardian of the bride from evil spirits and the evil eye, therefore it can not be sold and donated.