Image by JGI/Jamie Cook/Blend Image/Getty Images
What's the Story Behind This Quiz It's no secret that the majority of things we do during and following weddings are advertisements rather than actual custom. Find apart the traditions that have been around for a long time from new marketing techniques. We'll take anything predating even the Civil War as a real history.
Engagement rings made of diamonds
marketing
While basic rings remain very popular, DeBeers' 20th century advertisement campaign slogan "A Diamond is Forever" made the world obsessed with one stone. When her family gave up looking for her and she was unable to find her, she stayed in her home and the marriage was made official. The oldest tradition involves dressing her bridesmaids the same as the bride , so that the evil spirits don't discover the true bride. Nowadays, wearing ugly gowns for the attendants of your wedding is a result of improved dying technology from the 1890s. Original practice had brides carry herbal remedies for protection. This ritual shuffles all the dark times in Jewish history into the ceremony. Most likely, you've witnessed an veil worn by the bride over the past two thousand years. It's to protect the dignity of her dress and also to demonstrate respect to God. However, if you look at time, the pricey wedding is an essentially novel concept, one that is a result of modern culture. It replaced the events that were entirely crafted by the couple's community. You should be able to differentiate the older customs from the latest innovations in marketing. For this, we'll count anything that pre-dates the Civil War as a real history.
click here
No comments yet