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Show Fluptial tradition adds to spirit The tradition of friends giving the bride-to-be a shower stems from an early Greek custom where the bride was showered with nuts, candy and bouquets of flowers from the windows of her friends' homes as she walked by. The idea of showering the bride and groom with rice has been a custom for centuries. It means wealth, health, fertility and always "plenty in the pantry." Utah has wedding traditions and customs unique to the state and area. A long-standing local tradition has been a point of contention for many soon-to-be-married couples. That is, whether or not to include the name of the groom's parents on wedding invitations and announcements. an-nouncements. The tradition is accepted ac-cepted here, but is not in most other oth-er areas of the country. An understanding of this can eliminate problems in planning the wedding. Remembering and using wedding wed-ding traditions in planning that special day will Increase the happiness hap-piness and excitement of this once in a lifetime occasion. Spring brings wedding bells for y university couples. The on is culminated, by June-adding June-adding month of the year. Tradition and customs play a eat part in today's weddings, as ey have throughout history. Wedding rings have been essen-ial essen-ial for thousands of years. They have been made from every imaginable im-aginable thing from circlets of , cmp to iron bands of gold and cilver. The Romans believed the "circularity of rings meant eternity a sign that love should exist former. for-mer. An old English saying says, As ycur wedding ring wears, your cares will wear away." Have you ever wondered why He wedding ring is always worn on the left hand? In the beginning, rings were placed on both the right and left hand. Lster, some cultures be-i;eved be-i;eved that the third finger of the left hand had a vein which ran directly to the heart, thus the ring and heart were bound together. The Greeks and Romans believed that the left hand was used less and was consequently more protected. pro-tected. Invitations have also been a most essential part of the wedding. Years ago, in Wales the bride and bridegroom issued "bidding" letter let-ter in the form of newspaper advertisements, ad-vertisements, inviting friend and stranger alike to come to the "bidding" "bid-ding" or marriage. Each guest was asked to contribute to the expenses ex-penses of the wedding. (Not a bad idea, huh?) |