Each couple of newlyweds dreams of making the wedding day the happiest and most memorable in their life. Preparing for such a significant event, I want the wedding to be not only fun and interesting, but also original. You can unify the scenario of the wedding day. Today themed weddings are popular . What it is? What can be the styles of wedding decoration ? How to organize a holiday on the chosen topic? This will be discussed in this article. In the photographs offered to the attention of readers here, one can see fragments of weddings in different styles.
The theme of the wedding day. What are the options?
Wedding styles can be different. The themes of designing and conducting the most important day in the life of a young couple are divided into the following types:
- by the time period (gangster 30s, dudes, retro wedding);
- by country (Indian, Hawaiian, Eastern);
- by color (red, pink, purple, etc.);
- at the venue (forest, beach, garden);
- on books and films (based on the films "James Bond", "Dracula", fairy tales "Alice in Wonderland" and others).
- natural orientation (marine, chamomile).
Marriage is soon. Where to start preparing?
When the theme of the wedding is selected, preparation for its implementation begins. It includes such moments:
- script writing;
- compiling a list of necessary attributes and decor;
- procurement of all necessary materials for themed holiday;
- menu approval;
- selection of outfits;
- registration of invitations;
- approval of the venue of the ceremony and banquet.
More details about the moments of preparation and the conduct of the wedding day in different styles will be discussed in the next part of the article.
European-style wedding - sophistication and romance
This style of celebration for the bride and groom implies its design in a single color scheme. Most often these are light colors: white, milky, pink, lilac. Moreover, in such a gamut everything should be sustained: a bride’s bouquet, dresses of the newlyweds and guests, decorations of the banquet hall, invitations, dishes and so on.
The ceremony itself takes place most often in the open air - on the seashore, in the park, on the boat. The place where the wedding is held is decorated with an arch of flowers and ribbons. Carpeted cloth spreads on the ground, on the sides of which there are garlands woven from natural or artificial flowers.
A European-style wedding begins with the release of witnesses from the bride and groom. Each of the newlyweds can have several people. The bridegroom comes to his witnesses. On the path are children. A girl scatters flower petals, a boy carries a box with wedding rings. Then the bride and her father appear. He leads his daughter to the altar with solemn music. The wedding ceremony in European countries is conducted by a priest.
European wedding: what happens after the official part?
After the solemn program, the newlyweds and guests of the holiday go to the banquet hall. There are separate tables decorated with elegant tablecloths and flowerpots. Guests are seated "on interests". Several couples are invited to sit together. Single boys and girls are seated at other tables.
The “highlight” of the European-style wedding is the tradition of presenting guests with bonbonnieres - small bags of sweets. With this, the newlyweds thank relatives and friends for visiting the holiday. Guests on a specially designated place leave gifts brought for the newlyweds.
During the banquet, the wedding ceremony traditional for the European genre is the ceremony of throwing the bridal bouquet to unmarried girlfriends and the registration of the “Book of Wishes” for a young couple from all participants in the celebration.
Russian folk wedding. How to prepare and conduct an event of this genre?
Wedding styles are different. But the beautiful traditions and rites of our country inspire many girls and guys to spend the day of entering into a legal marriage in a folk style. What does preparing for the holiday of this genre involve and what rituals are performed on this day? We talk about this further.
The morning for the bride begins with a visit from her friends. They help her put on a Russian national outfit. By tradition, this action should be accompanied by a ceremony of "mourning" the newlywed of his girlhood. The groom, dressed in national clothes, comes with his friends and relatives. It is very beautiful when they arrive on a smartly decorated horse cart. On the doorstep of the house they are met by matchmakers from the bride. The young require a ransom. He may be asked to complete various tasks, ask for money or gifts. The groom should not be stingy. He needs to fulfill all the conditions set. Thus, he proves to the representatives of the bride's side that for the sake of his beloved he is ready for anything. He is allowed into the girl’s house.
The folk-style wedding continues with a wedding ceremony. She is led by a priest in the church according to the canons of the Orthodox faith. When leaving the sacred house, the newlyweds are showered with sweets, grains, coins, and flower petals. This rite is a symbol of prosperity, prosperity and fertility.
Entertainments and ceremonies taking place at a public wedding after the solemn part
The newlyweds go to the groom's house, where they are met by parents with bread and salt. The groom brings the bride over the threshold in his arms. By this, he allegedly deceives a brownie who does not want to take a stranger into the house. Then all the participants of the celebration go to the feast.
The decor of the hall is in the national style: wooden tables and benches, woven tablecloths and bedspreads, wall decorations in the form of horseshoes, wildflowers in vases.
Styles of folk weddings suggest the presence in the menu of dishes and drinks of Russian cuisine. These are pies, pancakes, ham and home-made sausages, jellied meat, kvass, fruit drinks, liquors, vodka.
The music sounds folk. Well, if it will be a live performance. Toastmaster is a person dressed as a buffoon or a mummer. A variety of contests and folk games are held with guests (bast shoes, blind men, towns).
Color wedding
This option for holding a thematic holiday involves the design of all attributes, outfits, vehicles and other details in the selected color scheme. For example, newlyweds choose a red wedding style . Preparation for the celebration begins with the manufacture of invitations. Red should prevail in them. But it is not necessary that everything be completely of this shade. Diluting red is best with white. This applies to all other attributes of the wedding: suits, wraps on chairs, tablecloths, flowers in the bride’s bouquet. Guests must be warned in advance that the holiday will be themed. They also prepare for themselves outfits of the corresponding gamut. Naturally, the wedding procession will also consist of red cars.
The menu, among others, offers dishes with red products: tomatoes, strawberries, cherries, etc. The festive cake is decorated with cream in a given range.
Similarly, a wedding of any other color is made out.
Musical styles of weddings
The music of such directions as rock, disco, rock and roll, classical is often the inspiration for themed weddings. What includes the organization of such an event, consider the example of a rock wedding.
The venue is a bar or club. The musical accompaniment of the party should, of course, be a group performing songs in this genre. Invitations for guests are decorated with the image of a guitar, a motorcycle and supplemented with materials associated with rock attributes: pieces of leather, rivets, chains. The motorcade consists of bikes and a convertible, which the bride and groom ride on. Newlyweds outfits include leather elements, wristbands, chain bracelets, rivets. A wedding in the style of rock involves an entertainment program consisting of fun, slightly even hooligan contests, karaoke.