After you have received an invitation to celebrate your wedding anniversary, be sure to check with your spouses: “How old are you together?” A “pearl” wedding may be just around the corner - and it is just such an anniversary that has many beautiful customs and features.
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The “pearl" wedding is celebrated by spouses who have lived together for 30 years. This stone symbolizes the strength of the relationship, fertility and unquenchable love between husband and wife. No wonder he was chosen as a symbol of such a date - years, like pearls, necklaces, strung on a thread, and the beauty of a snow-white “masterpiece” is admired by everyone around.
So, soon you will visit such a celebration as a “pearl wedding”. How many years the couple live together, you already know, it is now important to properly prepare for the celebration. It is about selecting postcards, thinking over toasts and, of course, buying gifts.
Gift with a pearl
It is very important to present the right gifts to this date - your spouse needs to be especially well prepared. A “pearl" wedding is celebrated. How many years a husband and wife have been together, so many pearls should be on the string of the necklace, which the husband should present to his half. This, of course, is an ideal situation - in any case, such was the tradition at one time among the southern Slavs.
If finances do not allow, you can give your wife a not very expensive jewelry, for example, a bracelet, hairpin, ring or earrings. A good choice may be the suspension. Still, you've been together for how many years - a “pearl” wedding is no reason to be stingy.
It is important that the gift must contain at least one pearl (artificial one is also possible). The requirement also applies to guests - you can always check with spouses who will give whom to whom and what, then to pick up a successful couple.
What will the invitees bring?
A present in a “theme” for the 30th anniversary of a life together can have a “shell” from a pearl as an element. Products are welcomed in the manufacture of which mother of pearl was used: figurines, all kinds of candle holders, souvenir sinks. Just show your imagination to surprise the heroes of the occasion and guests with your gift.
It is allowed on this day to give the couple, if they, of course, have no objection, a pet. And the reasons for this choice are understandable - children no longer live with their parents, and in a deserted house a pet can partially fill this “niche” with itself. If you want to make a surprise, you can give your family a young tree in a pot, which will be especially symbolic if it is somehow connected with the horoscope of at least one of the spouses.
We carry out rituals
If the couple has been together for how many years, the “pearl” wedding should be held in compliance with important rituals. When the morning of a momentous day comes, the husband and wife should throw a pearl in any pond (it is allowed to replace them with coins), and then take an oath of eternal love for each other at home at the mirror. It is believed that the ritual is able to return feelings to the depths.
Also in the morning on the anniversary day you need to go to church - well, if you have time for morning prayer. Be sure to place three candles that will symbolize your gratitude to God for your soulmate, for wonderful years and for the time that awaits you ahead.
At the celebration, you can make a little joke. There is a ritual that will allow you to pass on your marital experience to an older child who is already married. This rite checks whether a young couple can be together and how old. “Pearl” wedding gives you all the rights to this. A young couple is tied with a rope with their legs - in this position they need to go along the ribbon that they put on the floor. A coin is issued for each step. At the end of the journey, heroes of the day will give them a ring, symbolizing a long journey side by side.