well im a Scot i havent heard of that, also its a kilt u twat NOT a skirt, goto Scotland and call it a skirt i dare u lol

In Vietnam its customary to give money as a wedding gift. Even if your invited, but can’t come it’s considered rude if you don’t send money. The wedding couple must go to each table at the wedding and take a shot with them before getting the money. The father of the couple usually joins in on this. So a lot of guests means a lot of money and a lot of drinking

In Vietnam its customary to give money as a wedding gift. Even if your invited, but can’t come it’s considered rude if you don’t send money. The wedding couple must go to each table at the wedding and take a shot with them before getting the money. The father of the couple usually joins in on this. So a lot of guests means a lot of money and a lot of drinking

About the blackening of the bride in Scotland… they also blacken the groom, usually in a far more humiliating way. Usually after the groom has been properly blackened, in no clothes what so ever (ok, if your mates are wussies they might let you keep your boxers on) the the groom is either tied to a lamp-post (formerly a tree) in the village for a while, or then tied up and taken to the front of the house of the bride, to humiliate him before the eyes of the in laws (… like a man would need any help with that!?) before being taken to the pub and getting rat-arsed (a fairly common ritual, i suppose)
This tradition is still really strong in RURAL Scotland.
My hubbys mates decided to cover him in cow dung and black oil before tying him up in the back of a pick up and then drove him to my mothers house, stark naked…

Here's one from India — Man marrying a dog to atone for his sins!!

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Hu… It's the same in France ( and in Europe too? In Spain for sure )! Every people give money to the brides and we drink a cup of champagne with everyone, I know it, because I am French, and I get married next year! That the same in all wedding, I don't see where is the weirdness… We have a box especially for the money, but I think it's rude, so I prefered dicretly take the money to my purse, because I knew some people can't afford it.
And we have to send money even if you are not coming, this is exactly the same in fact!

With the money, we can pay the honey moon and other stuff for the house.

Romanians are not Gypsies retard!!! get your facts straight! Gypsies where nomads settled throughout europe.Everyone has them ,and yes we do have the custom of kidnaping the bride .

Thank you! For having an idea ( I think money is taboo in America, I live here since january, I don't know well yet ), my wedding costs about 20 000 euros for 100 guests, and we had 6000 euros in cash. So it's perhaps rude for you, but you know that french aren't generous Wedding aren't a good deal.

American brides leaves the wedding at the evening, that is so rude!!! In France, the brides are here till the end. We are the last to go.

Eh! about the Scottish weddings ? That's absolute rubbish .The men have 'Stag Nights' in which their friends play pranks on them ,take them to strip clubs ,get stinking drunk , then humiliate them in some funny fashion (like being tied to a lamp post naked or left in someones garden with no clothes on and unconscious from being drunk) .The Females have 'Hen Nights' we go see male strippers ,get drunk ,annoy any police wandering the streets and typically have drunken fun . When your finally married ,your mother in law breaks shortbread over your head when going over your new threshold while your hubby carries you ,for good luck and health .Tar ? Feathers ? absolute rubbish !

And May ? ,you must live in a very old part of Scotland ,as I ,In my 53 years have never heard of the like . Incase your wondering ,Im from Glasgow myself ,its old in its own ,and we don't tar our hubbies nor wife's .

A similar thing happens as what 'Your Granny” said in Australia except the tying up thing is more a thing of the past and urban ledgend than real. It is also known as a bucks night instead of a stag night. Women stress about the groom sleeping with strippers or getting his eyebrows shaved off.

There is other kind of “kidnapping the bride” tradition. During the wedding bride is “kidnapped” (by friends) and wont be returned until groom has perform some tasks the “kidnappers” required or guests has gathered enough gift (ransom) money. This tradition is from northern europe

I'm a African American hailing fron Ghana. My interprutation of a maggiage ritual among fellow african born americans carry no traditional rituals. As absurd as these rituals may seem they are what validate and differenciate one culture from another. I must admit that the only premarital practice i was aware of was “wife kidnapping.” My first impression in the education of it was “unbelieveing” that such a thing could go on anywhere; but, after further educationg myself on the topic, “I may not agree with the practice mainly because I have “had” a daughter that I'd have killed over and I coundn't let some “A-hole” just up and grab her…oh well. As for the Scot's kilt I've always liked the fashion side of it. Besides, all women wonder what a Scottish man wears under his kilt. If I were scottish I'd be so bold to wear nothing just as I wear nothing in my jeans (smile). Enjoyed the reading…it presented something new to ponder.

Weird wedding rituals can be found all over the world, in Yugoslavia for example there's a ritual called “the chicken dance” where the guests make a circle around the bride and she has to dance while holding a chicken in her hands. The bride then passes by each gues and whenever the chicken makes a noise that guest has to offer some money. I wouldn't subscribe to any of these rituals, I'd just settle to buy the groom a pair of nice Wedding Cufflinks and the bride a nice dress and hope that I'm not the only normal wedding guest.

In Romania, also, grooms receive money representing a help from friends for a new beginning.
http://owall.net/pics/wedding/223/100/100/100/1…

heyy i'm frm malaysia n how come i've nvr heard of the ritual before…it's probably from minority groups in east malaysia

Divorce is rare in African marriages. Problems in a marriage are often discussed with both families and solutions found.

The articles on this site would be more believable if there weren’t so many spelling and grammatical errors. Who is editing this stuff?

#3: you mean romanians… and f.y.i. not all romanians are gypsyes. gypsyes are emigrants in Romania, just like some hungarians

just wondering, which part of Borneo r u referring? and Tidong tribe?

When your finally married ,your mother in law breaks shortbread over your head when going over your new threshold while your hubby carries you ,for good luck and health.

RE #3 Scotland – Blackening of the bride. A custom like this would make sense if they practiced some form of Droit de seigneur wherein the local Lord would have conjugal rights to a wife’s first night.

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You’re right Mircea, many people need information…how can you write
about something you have no idea!!! is simply…without brain.

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