The Dhaka Times Desk In every society of every country, various customs are followed in marriage. Some call them superstitions and some call them traditions. There is information about all the strange wedding rituals like beating the groom with kanchi on Basar night!
Various social norms are followed in our society while accepting the bride and accepting the groom. But with modernity many things have come to disappear these customs.
These rules and regulations are not only in Bangladesh or the Indian subcontinent, the rules of marriage change when the geographical boundaries change. Many of us know some of the past rules. But there are also some strange rules, which may raise your eyebrows.
Africa
In Mauritania, Africa, it is customary for a bride to be fat before marriage. It is believed that it will bring happiness and prosperity to the world. So the bride has to be admitted to 'Fat Farm' to gain weight. Many people also get sick while gaining weight there. But everyone has to go to the 'fat farm' to get married.
South Korea
The suitability of the container is tested in South Korea. Just before the night of full bed or Basar, the feet of the bridegroom are beaten with fish or bamboo kanchi! This is how his masculinity is tested!
Scotland
Never forget to go to Scotland to get married. There is a rule to pour garbage on the head of the new couple! On the wedding day, all the dirt is poured on the bride and groom sitting side by side!
China
Brides of the Tujia community in China start crying a month before the wedding. The rest of the women in his family also join in this lamentation. It is believed that all the sorrows of the couple end before marriage. Then there is only happiness!
Fiji
Do you want to marry a girl from Fiji? Then you have to find a whale tooth first. In Fiji, when you go to the bride's house to propose marriage, you have to give whale teeth! What if the tooth is not found? What happens then is really unknown. However, many people follow this custom. Those who want to get married must find some way.
France
After a wedding in French Polynesia, relatives of the bride and groom lie down on the floor. And then the newlyweds have to walk over them!
swedish
According to the Swedish wedding tradition, if the groom leaves the marriage hall before the wedding, all the men in the hall shower the bride with kisses! And if the bride goes out first, then the groom gets a kiss from all the invited women!
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