What nerves! You are preparing your wedding and you do not want anything to fail.
Organizing a wedding is a titanic task, and more if you intend to follow all the traditions and not fail in the protocol.
Of course you can always celebrate a wedding with your very personal partner, your style and breaking with the conventions, which is sure to be more fun.
But what about that twinge of superstitious fear for not following literally some myths?
We tell you what are the most common wedding superstitions and their explanation. You decide what to do with them.
The most common wedding superstitions
Surely you know some, such as the boyfriend cannot see the dress of the bride before getting married or the need to wear something new, something used, something borrowed and something blue.
They are myths, legends or superstitions that are generated around a wedding and few are the people who will break the tradition.
And if going for free brings bad luck? We believe that love is stronger than superstition but just in case it is better that you have all the information, and know the most common wedding superstitions.
1 No viewing before the wedding
This superstition is one of the most followed, even among those couples who already live together in the same house. The day before the wedding they do not sleep together and they do not see each other until the moment of the ceremony, but why is this done?
It seems that the tradition goes back to that time when marriages were for convenience and the couple did not even know each other.
Not being seen until the wedding prevented regrets if the couple they had selected for you was not to your liking.
2 The secret wedding dress
Everything is secrecy with the dress of the bride. It is true that it is one of the fundamental aspects of a wedding.
How will the bride dress? And it is the bride herself who feeds the rumors and the mystery by not allowing her to see the dress more than a few close ones.
And among those lucky ones who know the best kept secret of the bride cannot be the groom, who is the last person who can see the dress. They say that if the groom sees it before the ceremony it gives bad luck and it will be an unhappy marriage.
3 The pearls that you cannot wear at your wedding
White and radiant the bride goes, and often also takes jewels that can belong to the family inheritance or have some special symbolism.
However, pearls cannot be among the jewels of a bride because they bring bad luck. Yes, they say that the pearls symbolize the tears of sadness that the wife will shed during the marriage.
4 The tears of the bride
But tears are not always negative, because if the bride cries during the wedding it has a very positive meaning.
And the more she cries, the better. The more tears of emotion the bride leaves on the altar or the place of the banquet, the less tears shed in the future with her partner.
5 New, old, borrowed and blue
You have to be aware of all the details and one of the most respected traditions is to bring something new, something old, something borrowed and something blue.
They say that the new represents the happy future, the old symbolizes the support of friendship, the borrowed refers to the family and the blue to fidelity.
6 Beware of the groom’s tie
Speaking of fidelity. Try to get your future husband to wear his tie properly, because according to the legend, if he has worn it, it is a premonition of future infidelities in marriage.
You have to be careful with the groom’s tie
7 The veil of the bride
Some say that the veil of the bride represents its purity, but this is very relative today. So we are left with the superstition that came from ancient Rome in which the veil protected the bride from envy and evil desires.
8 Rice for the couple
Throwing rice at the bride and groom is a tradition that is changing, since currently the least dangerous flower petals are thrown.
However, rice symbolizes fertility. Of course, this legend assumed that all couples want to have children.
9 Wedding noises
The bells, the horn of the groom’s car, the tires tied to the car, the cries of the bride and groom!
All that noise that is generated in a wedding is aimed at warding off evil spirits.
