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Greek Traditional Wedding Before the ceremony

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Greek Traditional WeddingBefore the ceremony

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Before the wedding ceremony, an engagement usually takes place.

The groom proposes to bride, they set the date of the wedding ceremony and they choose a church.

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The couple buys the wedding dress, the suit, the crowns, the rings the tapers and bombonieres.

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They make a list with guests and they send them invitations.

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Relatives and friends send them gifts, as the couple needs support in the marital life.

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The wedding is announced in public at a local newspaper.

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The couple finds the best man or the maid of honor.

They choose a place for the honeymoon.

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The custom of marital bed takes place few days before the wedding ceremony. Relatives and friends of bride throw on the bed rice, as a symbol of stability, rose petals, as a symbol of blossoming, a baby boy, as a symbol of fertility and money, as a symbol of wealth.

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One day before the wedding ceremony, the groom with his friends and the bride with her friends have a bachelor party to celebrate their last day of freedom.

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