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Strange Wedding Traditions around the World
Flinging raw rice and breaking a glass underfoot may seem like strange ways to celebrate a marriage, at least if you’re not used to American customs. Strange as some U．S. wedding traditions may be, they certainly cannot take the (wedding) cake for overall wedding weirdness.Those honors go to these 5 strange wedding traditions around the globe.
Blackening of the Bride and Groom (Scottish)
For Scotland’s tradition of blackening of the bride, which has expanded to now include the groom, absolutely anything goes. This includes tars, feathers, pillow stuffing, dirt, rotting food, sour milk, flour—you name it and you get it, you can certainly pile it on.The blackening takes place prior to the wedding, which at least spares the tux (无尾礼服) and the wedding dress, but any time or location is fair game.Once blackened, the lucky newlywedtobe is paraded through the streets or tied to a tree as said “friends” announce the wedding.Blackening supposedly prepares the person for any humiliation (羞耻) that life has yet to bring, as nothing could be as humiliating as being blackened.
