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Also, in other times marriages were made in secret (just because of the emotional involvement of the two lovers) without even having witnesses. Because these secret marriages have increased the Council of Trent ordered that no one no longer commit to marriage without a priest and two witnesses present mandatory. Since then the wedding started to get important as the present marriage, traditions have slowly been taken from one nation to another, and the habits of wearing something old, something new, something borrowed, something blue, the wedding dress and the color to be white as symbol of purity and virginity have been borrowed from Hindu rituals and Celtic ceremonies.
Nowadays marriage has gained more freedom and is made between people of different ages, social status and religious affiliation, but some marriages are still motivated by the financial interest. But I want to believe that though love is the first reason in every couple’s decision to marry and this thing can be proved with a beautiful love birds wedding cake topper.
The origin of the bridal veil is still unclear but is believed to exist centuries before the wedding dress. One explanation is that as a reminder of the days when the groom would put on the chosen woman’s head a material when kidnapped her. Another explanation would be that during the arranged marriages, the bride’s face was covered until the husband accepts the wife at the ceremony – so it was already too late to quit, if he did not like the bride. It is also believed that the veil was worn to protect the bride from evil spirits, who swarmed around her wedding day. To avoid the groom seeing the bride before the ceremony to end, brides have started wearing the veil opaque yellow. Not only the groom not seeing bride or bridal veil that did not see anything, so the bride’s father had to drive on the aisle and giving it to “give” the groom.
All these traditions that originally gave rise to cover the bride’s veil during the ceremony until the couple became husband and wife – although today, the veil is often raised when the bride reaches the altar. Currently, before a Jewish ceremony, even the groom “dress reveals”. The reason for this tradition dates back to the marriage of Jacob to Leah (the older sister) when he thought he married Rachel (younger sister), whom he loved.