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World’s Weirdest Wedding Customs

atypicalevents.com — All over the world, people practice numerous weird wedding customs that have been passed on through many generations. Although each has a long history of meaning and significance, many just seem strange and out of place in today’s culture.

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  • magicjohnson, on 06/10/2008, -1/+7I'm definitely incorporating log-sawing into my wedding.
    • andyboyd, on 06/11/2008, -0/+2Nothing like sawing some logs on your wedding day ... right before getting your pics taken ;)
  • hermslice, on 06/10/2008, -0/+6Cool Stuff, better then the male rights of passage one!!
  • Burento, on 06/10/2008, -1/+5Some of these made absolutely no sense to me at all, but they were all pretty funny. Blackening the Bride seems like the funnest or the one where they kidnap the bride and the groom gets drunk and tries to find her. Priceless
  • Surferess, on 06/10/2008, -1/+4If I knew I had to go through the "blackening technique" I might just put off marrying for a while.
  • alapoet, on 06/10/2008, -1/+3What a fascinating story!

    I'm going to insist that when my wife and I have our "next" wedding ceremony, there is a "blackening of the bride" beforehand -- we're both of Scots heritage! ;-)
  • pongx, on 06/11/2008, -0/+2That is seriously weird. Seriously.
  • mentol, on 06/11/2008, -0/+2Weird is not, enough.
  • JeremyL, on 06/11/2008, -0/+3Can I throw stuff on my ex-wife when she gets married? US wedding traditions suck.
  • jupaneanu, on 06/11/2008, -0/+2The Sweetish guest kissers was the most interesting
  • jquipp, on 06/11/2008, -0/+2I'm particularly fond of the kidnapping the bride ritual ... and starting the search for her at the local pub. I might never have found her :)
  • psogle, on 06/11/2008, -0/+2When I read "blackening the bride" I thought they were going to beat her up
  • socialpyramid, on 06/11/2008, -0/+3In Armenia sometimes guys kidnap women they like and force them to marry them, which they often submit too because otherwise their reputation is ruined, being kidnapped and all.
  • trujillonorte, on 06/11/2008, -0/+2Strange indeed, another reason why I don't want to get married. :)
  • cshel, on 06/11/2008, -0/+2I don't get the whole kidnapping thing... the blackening the bride is the one that confuses me the most. What on earth is that supposed to prove or do? It's not like weddings aren't stressful enough. (Wow, I sound like such a pill... sorry!)
  • sarazen, on 06/11/2008, -0/+2As much trouble as people have trying to commit these days, I can see some of these traditions going the way of the dinosaur. Except the ones where drinking is involved, that makes anything look like a good idea.
  • stuntdubl, on 06/11/2008, -0/+2It's important that all wedding rituals incorporate some form of alcohol. There's pretty much no hope of a marriage surviving with out moderate doses of drunken debauchery.
  • tonyadam, on 06/11/2008, -0/+2Kidnapping the bride, hidding her, enjoying drinks at a local pub...awesome...love it. This sounds like it wouldn't be that far off of what most guys want about 5 years into marriage =P
  • boodaa, on 06/11/2008, -0/+2Whatever they are throwing on the bride to blacken her looks pretty cool in mid air.
  • hammerfied, on 06/11/2008, -0/+3What about the tradition in the US where they cut the groom's nuts off? That's a weird one!
  • LaurenApril, on 06/11/2008, -0/+3what happens if the groom is too drunk to find his bride?
  • wynja, on 06/11/2008, -0/+1The title should be retarded customs of weddings.
  • domfosnz, on 06/11/2008, -0/+1The blackening of the bride looks a bit odd.
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