Advertise with us it pays. Place your banner here G etting married is a very important event in our society. So the occasion usually means a lot of food, drink, dancing and merriment. Different traditions are also carried out, depending on the area the wedding is taking place in. Americans are not the only ones who like to celebrate with pomp and style though.
Weddings are a time for festivities everywhere, from Russia to Vietnam to Italy.
It is interesting to find out how this moment is celebrated all around the globe. In the times of slavery in America, African American couples were not allowed to formally marry and live together. To make a public declaration of their love and commitment, a man and woman jumped over a broom into matrimony, to the beat of drums. Some African American couples today are choosing to include this symbolic rite in their wedding ceremony, directly before the recession. Cowrie shells, found off the coast of West Africa, were once used as money and today are used for purification.