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Polish
In a Polish wedding, bread, wine and salt are very important. Bread represents never being hungry. Salt is a reminder that times may be difficult, but they will cope with whatever may happen. Wine represents good health and good spirits.
The unveiling of the bride represents the bride's transformation from girl to woman. The single women circle the bride and the maid of honor removes her veil. A married woman pins a cap to her head. When this happens, the bride is officially considered married. Often the bride tosses the veil, rather than her bouquet, to the unmarried female guests.
Russian
Russian weddings last for two days!
A loaf of bread, symbolizing health, long life and prosperity, is bitten into during the ceremony by both the bride and the groom. Whoever takes the biggest bite wears the pants in the family!
Russian wedding parties ride around their city in decorated cars, leaving flowers at historical sites.
If a Russian groom takes his eyes off his bride, she can be "kidnapped" and the groom must pay a ransom.
Russians wear their wedding rings on their right hand. The bands are traditionally three interwoven bands of gold or tri-gold.
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