Some people leave their homeland for various reasons. But in my heart and soul, she remains forever. Therefore, choosing a style of celebration, you can choose a traditional wedding in compliance with ancient rituals and customs. A Belarusian-style wedding will please not only you, but also your guests and will leave nostalgic notes in their hearts.
wedding dress
Responsibly it is necessary to treat the choice of the wedding dress of the bride. The seriousness of the issue lies in the fact that the dress at the same time should not look old-fashioned and at the same time have the characteristic features of the traditional color. This problem is easily solved. A white classic dress can easily be turned into a national wedding attire due to:
- decorative ornaments (on sleeves, hem, waist or neckline);
- painted train;
- metal hoop with painting;
- ribbons in hair, gloves, belt;
- wreath of wildflowers.
But if the bride wants to observe traditions in everything, then she can put on a sundress (of any cut, but with long sleeves and covered chest), embroidered with national ornaments and decorate with lace.
The groom's national attire consists of linen pants and a white shirt, which can also be decorated with embroidered patterns. But if a young man still wants to wear a suit, then instead of a regular shirt, he puts on an embroidered shirt.
It has long been accepted that newlyweds' rings are made of different metals without any patterns and inscriptions, for the groom it is gold, and for the bride it is silver. Thus symbolizes the union of the Sun with the Moon.
Wedding style in Belarusian
Of course, it is better to hold the wedding ceremony in nature with a picturesque landscape and at the same time the photos will turn out to be colorful and “alive”. And organize a feast in a large tent, where guests can comfortably sit at wooden tables and benches. If it’s hard to find a suitable place, then a rustic-style hall will do, and you can decorate it with national Belarusian towels and wreaths of wild flowers and twigs with berries.
Wedding procession
At the present time, it is problematic to use traditional transport, as it is a horse-drawn cart. Moreover, the groom must travel with his friends separately from the bride and her girlfriends. The minimum number of motorcades is 7. Cars, as well as a wedding venue, can be decorated with towels and wildflowers with ribbons.
After all the guests and the newlyweds are seated in the cars, the father on the side of the bride must go around the entire procession with the icon in the course of the sun. After him, the mother should go and at the same time sprinkle everyone with grain. Then the procession goes to the temple for the wedding. And parents can immediately go to the institution where the wedding will be held with a feast. They are not present at the wedding, because according to traditions they can break this circle-amulet, as soon as they create it.
wedding ceremony
Following the traditions, the newlyweds at the time of the wedding stand on a pre-prepared towel, and a red belt is laid under it. Also, copper nickels are placed on the towel, on which a couple in love stands, which is getting married. At the end of the ceremony, all these paraphernalia were taken with them and in return they gave another towel to the temple. At the end of the wedding, a charm was made of them for a happy and long life. Namely, the parents wrapped two coins, wine glasses and spoons of the newlyweds in a towel, then with the help of a red ribbon and a belt they tied it all up in the form of a figure eight.
Also at the wedding, each had its own side, which symbolized the feminine and masculine. So for the groom - this is the right one, and for the bride - the left one.
Newlyweds vows
According to ancient traditions, the newlyweds gave each other symbolic gifts and took an oath at the same time. This can also be included in your wedding script during an outdoor ceremony, at the time of the exchange of wedding rings or before the first dance of the newlyweds, if registration is carried out at the registry office.
feast
The scenario for a wedding in the Belarusian style should include old traditions, as well as ritual songs. The meeting of the newlyweds is also held in a traditional ceremony, where the main elements are loaf and mead. At the same time, they drank a little drink, and poured everything else over their shoulders, as if leaving everything bad behind.
Traditional dishes:
- loaf;
- homemade sausage;
- boiled potatoes with cracklings;
- potato pancakes with sour cream;
- variety of salads.
A young couple, according to custom, should go to the table in a clockwise direction, and, accordingly, go out in the opposite direction. For the newlyweds, cutlery (there is no knife), wine glasses and plates are put the same. You can start the feast with the traditional eating of scrambled eggs by the bride and groom with only one spoon (an egg is a symbol of fertility, one device is love).
In order to protect the bride and groom from evil spirits and human envy, the guests shout “Bitter!” to them, after which the newlyweds kiss.
Traditionally, it is supposed to give newlyweds rag dolls that have one common hand. So lovers should hold each other's hands all the time at the wedding. It is believed that this is done so that no one can separate them.
One of the final traditions is the division of the loaf. Then the mother-in-law, approaching the bride, begins the ceremony of removing the veil, and then I cover my head with a scarf, and put on an apron. The veil is given to the witness so that she can have the next wedding.
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In the national tradition of any country, in particular Belarus, it requires a very careful approach in many aspects of planning events at a wedding. You will learn how to do everything right in this article.
wedding dress
Our portal Svadbagolik.ru will first tell you about the outfit of the Belarusian bride. The wedding dress of the girl should be distinguished by grace and subtlety. To create the image of the bride, use lace and embroidery. Put on a white shirt and a denim skirt. Put on an apron with various decorative elements on top of the skirt. It is important that everything harmoniously fits into your image. According to tradition, a vest with embroidery is worn over the shirt.
The groom should wear a white shirt and linen pants. Do not forget about bright accessories, for example, a belt with a national pattern.
Wedding towels
A towel at a Belarusian wedding is an integral part of the ceremony. According to Belarusian custom, you need to stock up on at least 40 towels. They are presented to the parents of the bride, they decorate the wedding procession (cars, horse cart), on which the happy newlyweds will ride. Towels are kept by the newlyweds on their way to church and bandage their clothes with them. This is where the tradition of tying them on the clothes of witnesses at the wedding appeared.
Wedding floristry
One of the very important moments is the bridal bouquet and bridal wreath. These elements must be carefully selected. They should emphasize all the wonderful flavor of the wedding celebration and should not stand out from the image of a beautiful bride.
You can use any variations when composing a bridal bouquet, it is better, of course, to choose wild flowers (daisies, cornflowers, etc.). For a wreath, you must use fresh flowers and twigs with berries, such as rue, periwinkle, viburnum and others.
Wedding procession
The groom and his friends must ride in one car, and the bride, according to custom, gets into another vehicle. It can be a horse-drawn cart or just wedding cars. The wedding procession must consist of at least seven cars, because seven is a symbolic number in Belarus.
As soon as everyone was seated in the motorcade, the father of the beautiful bride walked around the motorcade with the icon, moving in the direction of the sun. Behind him is the mother, who must sprinkle the cortege with grain. Parents should not be present at the wedding in the church, because, according to the Belarusian rite, they can destroy the circle that they so diligently created.
Wedding
In the temple, the newlyweds are placed on a specially prepared towel, and two coins are placed on the places where the newlyweds will stand. After the wedding, these towels are taken with them, because, according to tradition, they cannot be left in the temple and it is necessary to keep them throughout a happy life together. During the wedding, the groom must stand on the right, and the bride on the left.
feast
On the threshold of a restaurant or cafe, young people are greeted with parental bread and salt and two glasses of vodka, the portal www.svadbagolik.ru recalls. Only parents who live happily together can keep bread and salt, and you can also entrust this procedure to planted parents. At this time, you can sprinkle the newlyweds with a small amount of sweets and grains.
Thematic traditional Belarusian wedding in gentry style.
Task and idea: At the request of the young people, the team of the Extreme Theater "Berserk" needed to organize a wedding in the traditional Belarusian (gentry) style. For this event, a Belarusian-speaking host was needed, who would hold a wedding with national characteristics and several traditional show programs in the gentry style.
Number of participants: 80 people.
Implementation: The wedding took place in a country estate, so a spacious gazebo was chosen for the event, which our designer decorated with decorations made from natural materials (linen, cotton, silk), there were also decorative elements with traditional Belarusian patterns. And, of course, fresh flowers!
And since the wedding was traditional, the holiday began from the very threshold, as was the custom of our ancestors. The host, in the form of a wealthy gentry, met the young at the very gates of the estate, and from the very first minutes, both the young and their guests were involved in rituals and games. Indeed, in order for the groom to enter the house where the wedding will take place, he needed not only to receive approval from his parents, but also to pass several tests!
To the delight of the bride and the fun of the guests, all the tests of the leading groom passed with dignity, after which it was the turn of the parents - the traditional "bread and salt" at this wedding was absolutely appropriate, although many now refuse this ceremony during European weddings. Toast after toast, congratulation after congratulation, the turn of the first dance of the young comes, to which the guys approached very responsibly and prepared and rehearsed for quite a long time. As a result, a beautiful dance appeared before the guests, which the young people performed to live music - our violinist performed in the guise of a court artist.
The first dance is over, the parental parting words have also already been sounded, and what does this mean for a gentry wedding? That's right, you can move on to the unofficial part with funny old-fashioned amusements, toasts, jokes and jokes and, of course, call the best artists to the stage! On that wedding evening, many fun games and competitions were held. Others include:
- "Kelikh kola" is a tradition that came to us from distant ancestors. The host personally poured wine into a large, ancient goblet, after which the goblet was passed around among the guests. Everyone who took the goblet in their hands had to say a couple of pleasant words for the young and after drinking a sip of wine, pass the goblet on.
- "Toast with a saber". Absolutely everyone can say toasts and wish good. But will the guests also be able to drink a drink from the blade after the toast so that not a single drop hits the ground? We presented this tradition at the wedding in the form of a competition - several participants made toasts and studied the art of drinking from the blade until the strongest remained!
- Dance "make the bride laugh." Several participants had only one task - to dance to unexpected music for the bride so that she laughed. As a result, the presenter, amazed by the success of the guests, suggested that they make another surprise - the fourth dance, which had to be danced together by all the participants for an encore.
As for the show program, our virtuoso dancers set the mood here, who, to the accompaniment of bagpipes and drums, performed ancient dances, and then held a dance master class with the guests and amused the guests by inviting them to play folk games - a brook, a grouse, a widow and many others!
And, of course, what traditional wedding would be complete without a bridal blacksmith? That's right, definitely not ours! That is why the young, under the strict guidance of a master blacksmith, made with their own hands an eternal symbol of happiness - a horseshoe! The guests were also able to learn blacksmithing - the blacksmith told everyone about the peculiarities of working in the forge and helped to make memorable souvenirs. What happened next, you ask? And then everything was exactly as it should be at a good gentry wedding - a lot of smiles, fun, dancing and good mood!
Outcome: Both young people and their guests were imbued with the folk spirit and theme of the wedding and had a lot of fun! Subsequently, the scenario of this particular wedding inspired many other couples to have a wedding in the gentry or folk style.
Belarusian weddings have long been breaking stereotypes and old traditions.
Modern brides are abandoning the ransoms and glasses in shoes familiar to our mothers and are discovering American ideas.
So magnificent arches for exit registration, candy bars and a photo zone appear at weddings, the host replaces the toastmaster, and the wedding manager oversees this celebration.
How does a stylish Belarusian wedding go?
This is the story of the recent bride Olga and her husband Oleg.
Olga:
Our wedding was in a classic style, but we gave it a modern twist with décor and accessories. We had a candy bar, a tree and a wish book. We are both programmers and made a website about our wedding, colleagues appreciated it.
While visiting we had friends who had exactly a year since their own wedding. And we prepared congratulations for them. For them it was unexpected and very pleasant.
Preparations for the wedding lasted 9 months. We did not have a strict division of responsibilities in preparation for the wedding. Every detail was thought out by me, my parents and my wedding planner. I probably thought more about the general theme of the wedding, about the decor, about the photo shoot.
We selected contractors together. In general, my husband helped a lot and seemed to even voluntarily. I tried not to ask him to do things he wasn't interested in. But he even liked to participate in the creation of the site, to design invitations and seating cards.
The daily routine was not the same as parents used to see it - a photo session before painting and without guests, late painting. But we talked about all the pluses and agreed with us. There was a question whether to take the video or not. Here we were looking for a compromise and found it: the video was taken, but not for long.
Perhaps the most touching moment at the wedding was the words of gratitude to the parents. We prepared flower baskets for them and kept it a strict secret. But not without the sacrifice of my train: the groom's aunt slipped and fell on it.
Unfortunately, the restaurant did not perform very well in matters of honesty. But he was handsome, so I would have taken him anyway.
Perhaps I would like a wedding for fewer guests.
But I think it's a holiday for parents too. And we have many anniversaries ahead of us, so there is room for imagination.
Oleg:
When I saw Olya in a wedding dress, I thought that today she is especially beautiful.
She did a great job, took on a huge part of the work. Therefore, I had little to do: prepare materials for printing, meet with the presenter, photographers, go for alcohol and drinks and other trifles with my wife.
Now the impressions are already being erased, but it seems to me that the most touching episode at the wedding was the congratulation of the parents.
