The Wedding in Greece/Colombia

A Greek wedding for the orthodox rite is a rich ceremony in symbolism. The marriage is perceived more as the union of two souls that like a contract between two people. By this reason, not preveé the exchange of votes. The couples come to the church carrying white candles and they join with their hands to consecrate their union.

While in Colombia, the marriage is carried out when a couple is loved and they want they form a family.

Traditions and customs in Greece

• Betrothal: Is the moment in which the rings exchange as a sign of promise and devotion among the spouses. The gesture is repeated three times, because this is the number of the most holy Trinity.
• La coronation: It symbolizes that the spouses will be the kings of the family and crowns place them or dimantes, depending on the parochial tradition. At the same time is a commitment that they will confront next to all the difficulties that come.
• Wine: The act to share wine symbolizes it put in common of all the things of the life.
• The procession: The priest carries the spouses to give a three returns around the sacramental table, symbolizing the together trip that are going to initiate.
• The blessing: After the ceremony of the wedding, the priest should remove the crown and the spouses show between the songs and choruses their desires.
• The holiday of wedding: After the ceremony, the celebration. The Greek anniversaries are very amusing because the sing and, above all, the dance, they charge an indisputable prominence. Also they will be a protagonist the tradition to break dishes in the dance floor. The motive: to attract the good luck to the bride and groom.

Traditions and customs in Colombia

• Bachelors' farewell: the friends of the girlfriend and the boyfriend organize a party one day before the wedding
• The wedding godfathers': the married futures look for to thier best friends in order that they are witnesses of their union
• The dress and accesories: It is common that the girlfriend uses for her wedding a white dress. In addition, they use the light one as symbol of good luck and a veil as symbol of youth and virginity or purity. Some girlfriens use somewhat new, something used, something lent and somewhat blue in their wedding
• The hoops: these are a promise of eternal love that the pair does before God and the guests of their wedding
• The branch: after the wedding the bride throws her branch and the lucky one that get the branch will be the next one in marrying
• The rice and the flowers: when the grooms of the ceremony go out the guests they throw to them rice and/or flowers to wish good luck them in marriage
• Charging the wife: the husband charge to his wife up to the car as symbol of love ans safety
• Honeymoon: The grooms move back several days in intimacy.