Wedding styles. Wedding in European style and folk style

2024 Author: Priscilla Miln | [email protected]. Last modified: 2023-12-16 00:21

Every newlywed couple dreams of their wedding day being the happiest and most memorable of their lives. Preparing for such a significant event, I want the wedding to be not only fun and interesting, but also original. You can uniqueize the scenario of the wedding day. Themed weddings are popular these days. What it is? What are the wedding styles? How to organize a holiday on the chosen theme? This will be discussed in this article. In the photographs offered to the attention of readers here, you can see fragments of weddings in different styles.

The theme of the wedding day. What are the options?

Wedding styles may vary. The theme of designing and holding the most important day in the life of a young couple is divided into the following types:

• by time period (gangster 30s, dudes, retro wedding);
• by country (Indian, Hawaiian, Oriental);
• by color (red, pink, purple, etc.);
• at the venue (forest, beach, garden);
• based on books and films (based on the films "James Bond", "Dracula", the fairy tale "Alice in Wonderland" and others).
• natural orientation (marine, chamomile).

The wedding is coming soon. Where to start preparing?

When the theme of the wedding is chosen, preparations for its holding begin. It includes the following points:

• script writing;
• drawing up a list of necessary attributes and decor;
• purchase of all necessary materials for decorating a themed holiday;
• menu approval;
• choice of outfits;
• design invitations;
• approval of the venue for the ceremony and banquet.

More details about the preparation and holding the wedding day in different styles will be discussed in the next part of the article.

European style wedding - sophistication and romance

This style of celebration for the newlyweds involves decorating it in a single color scheme. Most often these are light colors: white, milky, pink, lilac. Moreover, everything should be sustained in such a range: the bride's bouquet, the outfits of the newlyweds and guests, the decorations of the banquet hall, invitations, dishes, etc.

The wedding ceremony itself takes place most often in the open air - on the seashore, in a park, on a boat. The place where the wedding ceremony is held is decorated with an arch of flowers and ribbons. A carpet is laid on the ground, on the sides of which there are garlands woven from living or artificialflowers.

A European-style wedding begins with the exit of witnesses from the bride and groom. Each of the newlyweds can have several of them. The groom comes out to his witnesses. Children walk along the path. A girl scatters flower petals, a boy carries a box with wedding rings. Then the bride and her father appear. He leads his daughter to the altar to solemn music. The wedding ceremony itself in European countries is performed by a priest.

European wedding: what happens after the official part?

After the solemn program, the newlyweds and guests of the holiday go to the banquet hall. There are separate tables decorated with elegant tablecloths and flowerpots. Guests are seated according to their interests. Several couples are invited to sit together. Single boys and girls are seated at other tables.

The "highlight" of a European-style wedding is the tradition of giving guests bonbonnieres - small bags of sweets. With this, the newlyweds thank their relatives and friends for visiting the holiday. Guests leave their gifts for the newlyweds in a specially designated place.

During the banquet, traditional for the European wedding genre are the ceremony of throwing the bride's bouquet to unmarried bridesmaids and the registration of the "Wish Book" for the young couple from all participants in the celebration.

Russian folk wedding. How to prepare and hold an event of this genre?

Wedding styles happendifferent. But the beautiful traditions and rituals of our country inspire many girls and guys to spend the day of legal marriage in folk style. What does preparation for a holiday of this genre involve and what rituals are performed on this day? We will talk about this further.

The morning for the bride begins with the visit of the bridesmaids. They help her put on the Russian national dress. According to tradition, this action should be accompanied by the ceremony of "mourning" the newlywed for her girlhood. The groom, dressed in national clothes, comes with his friends and relatives. It is very beautiful when they arrive on a smartly decorated cart with horses. On the threshold of the house they are met by matchmakers from the side of the bride. The young man is asked for a ransom. He may be asked to complete various tasks, ask for money or gifts. The groom should not be stingy. He needs to fulfill all the conditions. Thus, he proves to the representatives of the bride's side that he is ready for anything for the sake of his beloved. He is let into the girl's house.

The folk-style wedding continues with the wedding ceremony. It is conducted by a priest in the temple according to the canons of the Orthodox faith. Upon leaving the sacred house, the newlyweds are showered with sweets, grains, coins, and flower petals. This ceremony is a symbol of prosperity, prosperity and fertility.

Entertainment and rituals taking place at a folk wedding after the official part

The newlyweds go to the groom's house, where they are met by their parents with bread and s alt. The groom carries the bride over the threshold in his arms. With this, he allegedly deceives the brownie, who does not want to accept a stranger into the house. Further allparticipants of the celebration go to the feast.

The decor of the hall is designed in the national style: wooden tables and benches, woven tablecloths and bedspreads, decorations on the walls in the form of horseshoes, wild flowers in vases.

Folk wedding styles suggest the presence of Russian cuisine in the menu of dishes and drinks. These are pies, pancakes, meat hams and homemade sausages, aspic, kvass, fruit drink, liqueurs, vodka.

Music sounds folk. It would be nice if it was a live performance. Tamada is a person dressed as a buffoon or mummer. Various contests and folk entertainments are held with guests (lapta, blind man's buff, gorodki).

Colored wedding

This option for a themed holiday involves the design of all attributes, outfits, vehicles and other details in the selected color scheme. For example, newlyweds choose a red wedding style. Preparation for the celebration begins with the manufacture of invitations. They should be dominated by red. But it is not at all necessary that everything be completely of this shade. It is best to dilute red with white. This also applies to all other attributes of the wedding: suits, capes on chairs, tablecloths, flowers in the bride's bouquet. Guests must be warned in advance that the holiday will be themed. They also prepare outfits of the appropriate range for themselves. Naturally, the wedding procession will also consist of red cars.

The menu offers, among others, dishes with red products: tomatoes, strawberries, cherries, etc. Festive cake decorated with creamgiven gamma.

A wedding of any other color is arranged in the same way.

Wedding Music Styles

Music such as rock, disco, rock and roll, classics often becomes an inspiration for themed wedding celebrations. What does the organization of such an event include, consider the example of a rock wedding.

The venue for the celebration is a bar or a club. The musical accompaniment of the party should, of course, be a group performing songs in this genre. The invitations for guests are decorated with images of a guitar, a motorcycle and complemented with materials associated with rock paraphernalia: pieces of leather, rivets, chains. The cortege consists of bikes and a convertible, on which the newlyweds ride. The outfits of the newlyweds include leather elements, wristlets, chain bracelets, and rivets. A rock-style wedding involves an entertainment program consisting of fun, even slightly hooligan contests, karaoke.