Maybe the Father of the bride walking her down the aisle made the bride less likely to run away from her prearranged marriage lol! Man, I can only imagine how some of those women felt about the men they were marrying.
It didn’t really matter how she felt. She did it for family honor, and increasing the families social rank. You can’t judge history through modern eyes.
Traditions in the Jewish religion include: both bride and groom fasting the day of their wedding, the bride and company carrying lit candles before the ceremony, the bride encircling the groom 3 or 5 or 7 times (depending on tradition) to complete a magical circle around the groom, and the married couple staying alone in a private room immediately after the ceremony.
Perhaps it is determined by whether the culture was always patriarchal or if it had matriarchal origins? That would make the most sense to me, but I am just throwing a theory out there. It is also likely that groom's families paying a bride price could have originated during a time where women would be kidnapped and forced into marriages by their kidnapper. The bride price would have been the equivalent of a settlement out of small claims neighbor disputes since arranged marriages planned in advance would have been more profitable to the bride's family. Really, it might be a combination of both theories. Dowries were for planned marriages, bride price were for forced marriages most likely.
They're not mutually exclusive. Very often, you get both together. The bride price is proof that the prospective groom is financially able to afford a wife and family. It's modern equivalent is the engagement ring. A dowery's function is to help provide for her household and children throughout the marriage and in case she is widowed. Before very recent times, women have always been expected to contribute half of her family's finances. Just in the past, that contribution was through her dowery. Today, that contribution is through her paid labor.
@@datheamore6395 the bride price is to compensates the wife's family for the loss of her labor, both domestic and agricultural, and formalizes the transfer of sexual and reproductive rights to the husband's family.While the dowry is supposed to support the wife if she were to become widowed or if she couldn’t marry a certain amount would be given to her every x amount of days so she could use it to sustain herself or even live off it alone if she had enough.
In South Indian weddings, there is a custom where the couple sit on a swing and all the family members pray against people who wish bad for them while they enjoy together on the swing. It has been theorised that this custom evolved as, in the past, when the couples tended to be in their mid-teens, such fun rituals were needed for the kids to maintain interest in the rituals. I am not sure how well proven this theory is though...... I just want to clear that I am not criticising any Traditions here.
I bet the veil tradition began at least 1800 years before Rome. In the Old Testament, Jacob didn't realize that Leah had been swapped for Rachel, because of her veil.
I agree! It probably also was present in other cultures at earlier points. Though a lot of Western customs, specifically, date back to ancient Rome. Or so they say!
@@torysetliff Thank you for being nice in your reply. Many people don't like being corrected. I knew who you meant. I deleted my comment. Have a nice weekend Tory! 🤍🌻🙂
I just got married at city hall, and went hard at Cheesecake Factory afterward with our parents. Screw a huge wedding we are buying a house and going to Hawaii with the money we saved! My cousin spent 20,000$ on her wedding! For one day!
Courthouse then home to do dishes lol My ex's sister's wedding was over 30K, closer to 40. Guest list roughly 300, half of which was friends of her parents. Almost called it off but went ahead anyway. It was never happy and they (officially) divorced 6 years later to no one's surprise. He got to keep the house.
@@katie7748 whew that’s unfortunate, I see a lot of people end up doing these huge expensive weddings mostly for their parents and such. Just doesn’t make sense financially anymore 🤷♀️
The romans really knew how to organize weddings. In fact, during the ceremonial procession, the guests used to sing this funny song about the kidnapping and marriage of the most beautiful Sabine by Thalassius's men: "Where are you taking me?!" "To Thalassius the Respectful!" "Why are you taking me?!" "Because he thinks you are very beautiful!" "What will be my destiny?!" "To Marry him. To be his mate!" "What god will save me?!" "All the gods have blessed this bond!"
Part of the vows that say "if anyone objects....." upset me as a young girl all the way till I was getting married. I solved that by having the minister just leave that part out.
As a woman who eloped to Vegas and also had a beautiful wedding ceremony with our family and friends I knew a few of these already Not in full detail so interesting!! Also so many of these are evolving and changing with our modern times - I’ve been to weddings where they don’t throw the bouquet give it to the oldest married couple and one where they didn’t even cut the cake! Basically today anything goes with weddings as it’s so specific to the couple. In the pandemic I’ve gone to three virtual weddings as well people have to make due and change with the times I’ve even seen brides wear black or blush pink wedding dresses!
Mt husband and I got married in September of 2000. We were both 30 and both had kids from past relationships. We took off to Reno and had a great weekend and got married. No beautiful wedding dress, no big party and no flowers. And looking back at that weekend, I would of never changed any part of it. ❤️❤️❤️
@@Kelly-ml5tl she didn't describe a shotgun wedding!! 😆 They eloped! A shotgun wedding is where the father of the bride forces his daughter and her guy to get married because she's pregnant by dragging them to a preacher while holding a shotgun.
There was no 'Color dress code' before that for brides and for grooms 'Wedding attire ' was never a compulsion cos men could marry in a 'Dress' that denotes their ranking and function i.e. career success, attires were always more for women with less choices Choices were with royal women, and they set trends Even todauy you see , common women will follow queen victoria's white style, but if they try to innovate new, families will scold them, but rich woman can
Depends, bright greens were an expensive color. Women simply married in the best dress they owned. whatever color might be, but probably depending if they kept the natural fibers colors or the period and fashion. Fashion wasn't changing that fast, that's why inherit a very expensive wedding dress from your mother or other family woman might also been a huge option, with some simple adjustments it could be changed to fit another body typer or fashion style.
@@johat1219 I am truly surprised that white is still the go-to for the majority of women. The virginal white looks almost alien when a tattooed woman is wearing it along with piercings. I'm not against that fashion since I have both myself. I guess it just clashes in my head, since the meanings and history of a white wedding dress are so outdated for most women. My fantasy of a perfect wedding would be wearing a tulle and chiffon black gown and having the ceremony in a cemetery in Halloween.
I eloped in pigeon forge with one attendant (my sister) and only our parents present. It was wonderful! Then we had a big party to celebrate two weeks later in my hometown. My only regret was not hiring a photographer for the reception. These traditions can be so silly and we have been married almost 18 years and counting.
I thought the purpose of a dowry & the father giving the bride away & well most things mentioned was because years ago women were considered property & most females were worth their weight in goods or domesticated animals (exempli gratia: a donkey, a few goats, & a track of land).
It depend where u were living. Some cultures the female had to have a dowry. Look up the history of Nicholas and he is were u get santa clause. At 13 I some cultures were married. If they had no dowry they had to be put to prostitution. So a girl was 13 had no dowry Nickolas slipped into her room threw a window and put what she needed under her pillow. That's were santa clause came from if this really happend don't know. Because there were bs stories what he did that's why he was called a Saint. But the girl story I could believe it.
A+ video! I have always wondered of what purpose most bridal traditions served, those are really fascinating! It is incredible how much tradition is tied to the ceremony!
Always enjoy the history behind the topics... enjoy even more the funny at times sarcastic remarks added... love history especially when made enjoyable
As a professional photographer and shot over 500 weddings. I thought I had seen it all till the bride and groom held their wedding at a nudist beach in Vancouver, Canada. Turn's out the 'best man' at their wedding was their photographer.
This channel is the ultimate proof that students at school love to Study but schools don't know the right way to teach the kids. Literally it would be so cool if you were my teacher 🙏🙏🙏
I learned something new. Tearing the dress to shreds is, let's just say...a whole lot crazy. Great video yet again and I enjoyed listening to your "lesson".
@@ErikGerm Yep. Put an "a" in there accidently and I didn't quite catch the mistake until I had already posted the comment. I did notice as soon as it posted but decided to leave it like it is and went on with my day. It's not the first mistake I've ever made and it won't be my last. 😁
Great video! Thank you! Just a little correction... De Beers' advertising campaign (while global) was for South African diamonds. Sir Ernest Oppenheimer established a network of global wholesalers for the South African diamonds, which is how the advertising campaign went global.
Attention writers/researchers! De Beers diamonds are from South *Africa*, not South America. Please be careful with your presentation. A lot of young people get introduced to historical subjects with many of your videos. Make sure that what you say is accurate.
Actually, we do sort of have the “six pence in the shoe” still. I’ve been to many a reception where the bride’s shoe was passed around for you to put change or small bills in.
Hitachi Global Systems, Inc. (Now bought by Western Digital) sponsored a mass wedding for their employees here in the Philippines...thanks to that, me and my wife (who's still employed by WD) are still married today.
Reason for the veil stems from the marriage of Jacob who married Leah and didn’t realize it wasn’t Rachel. He married the wrong woman because of the veil and that’s why the veil is lifted before they said I do
Labon was the one who tricked Jacob into marrying Leah because she was the oldest. Jacob then had to work for Labon for seven more years before he could marry Rachel too.
Diamonds from De Beers were mined in South "America"?!?! South Africa boet! The company was started in South Africa, not by the "Dutch" but by the *Afrikaans* family. Dutch by descent, sure but I dare you to say that any Afrikaans person is Dutch and live to tell the tale.
Minor point, but the part about De Beers mining their diamonds from South America is wrong; they had mines in South Africa, not South America. Good and informative video, nonetheless.
As far as the origin of the veil is concerned.... In the biblical story of Jacob marrying Leah (who he thought was Rachel) she wore a veil. That is why he did not know he was marrying the wrong woman. From then on in the Jewish tradition the man comes and lifts up the veil before the ceremony begins to make sure he is marrying the right woman. That is way before the Romans came on the scene. Love your videos. Keep up the great work 🙂
A friend of mine is from India, and her parents arranged a marriage for her. From how she explained it to us at the time, if the prospective bride and groom get along - here comes the bride, complete with traditional attire of sashes, henna tattoos, etc.
7:45 ummm... "They placed gifts in a parasol which would then be opened, essentially showering the bride with gifts." How did this work? I'm confused how they got so many gifts in a closed parasol before it was opened to shower the bride? (I realize I'm overthinking this one! 😝)
Please make a video about Emma Goldman! Quite interesting how much superstition has cemented traditions that are now taken for granted. Being half Swedish, half Tunisian and having lived in both countries it is really funny to me to think about different reactions to basically similar ideas when it comes to marriage.
If an evil spirit wanted to go after the bride I don’t think it would be too picky about the identically dressed bridesmaids. A soul is a soul so basically they all made themselves a “target” lol. Can you imagine how petrified they all were? Fascinating stuff though.
The last one is incorrect, Roman’s carried their brides inside the house because they were superstitious of doorways and didn’t want her to trip on her dress.. I’m surprised he got this wrong lmao.
When I went to business school, it was required to take a Business Law class. The professor used the engagement ring to explain contract law to the class. After learning the legal view of marriage, my willingness to get married evaporated.
@@marthairene7732 it destroys the illusion of love that rom coms portray. Marriage was always designed to be a legal contract. It reognises a couple under the law.
Wouldn’t it be smarter to be married though? What happens if you get into a bitter breakup and you need to divide assets or fight for child custody? Or if you get incapacitated who do you give power of attorney to? Plus there’s financial benefits to being married…
Hi! I was wondering if it would be possible for you guys to make a video about menstruation/periods/womens health in victorian/medieval times? i find it very interesting, and i would love to hear you guys's take on it! thanks :)
Both of my grandmothers received engagement rings with diamonds in the 1920s, one maybe in the late 19teens. I know because I have them. They’re dainty, art nouveau or modernist, unlike now but still. Also, I thought blue for the bride was quaint until in film research learned that ‘blue’ is more towards kinky, sexual, whatever. 🤷♀️
When I was a bridesmaid back in 2016 I wore a sky blue dress and when I was a flowergirl at 6 I wore white dress to my calf’s and a waistband same colour of the bridesmaids dresses sadly that couple are no longer together
Considering people did not bathe regularly centuries ago, I bet those bouquets of spices and herbs worked wonders. I hate body odor, it makes me nauseous.
I believe that STILL in the U.K., Bridesmaids still wear White like the Bride, example; (Kate Middleton & her Sister Pippa). Which in the U.S., if anyone other than the Bride wears any shade of white, its considered a huge faux pas, & that person is looked at as a trouble maker. Although just recently, one of the newest "trends" in the U.S., seems to be an all white Wedding.
Maybe the Father of the bride walking her down the aisle made the bride less likely to run away from her prearranged marriage lol! Man, I can only imagine how some of those women felt about the men they were marrying.
Arranged marriages? Oh definitely! 😅
If you believe in past lives, I can honestly say it didn't always end well. LOL.
Couldn't stop her from puking everywhere, though. Lol
@@EmunahFL lol
It didn’t really matter how she felt. She did it for family honor, and increasing the families social rank.
You can’t judge history through modern eyes.
Would love to see a matching video for groom-related customs, or maybe one that examines wedding customs from a wider variety of cultures.
Traditions in the Jewish religion include: both bride and groom fasting the day of their wedding, the bride and company carrying lit candles before the ceremony, the bride encircling the groom 3 or 5 or 7 times (depending on tradition) to complete a magical circle around the groom, and the married couple staying alone in a private room immediately after the ceremony.
Wow because in ancient Jerusalem the wedding was a week lomg.
@@anthonydesroches8897 Some modern sects celebrate the wedding for a week nowadays.
@@SafetySpooon so some still do it. Ty
Can you discuss why, in some societies brides need a dowry, while in other societies, the groom's family has to pay a "bride price"?
Perhaps it is determined by whether the culture was always patriarchal or if it had matriarchal origins? That would make the most sense to me, but I am just throwing a theory out there. It is also likely that groom's families paying a bride price could have originated during a time where women would be kidnapped and forced into marriages by their kidnapper. The bride price would have been the equivalent of a settlement out of small claims neighbor disputes since arranged marriages planned in advance would have been more profitable to the bride's family. Really, it might be a combination of both theories. Dowries were for planned marriages, bride price were for forced marriages most likely.
They're not mutually exclusive. Very often, you get both together. The bride price is proof that the prospective groom is financially able to afford a wife and family. It's modern equivalent is the engagement ring. A dowery's function is to help provide for her household and children throughout the marriage and in case she is widowed. Before very recent times, women have always been expected to contribute half of her family's finances. Just in the past, that contribution was through her dowery. Today, that contribution is through her paid labor.
@@datheamore6395 the bride price is to compensates the wife's family for the loss of her labor, both domestic and agricultural, and formalizes the transfer of sexual and reproductive rights to the husband's family.While the dowry is supposed to support the wife if she were to become widowed or if she couldn’t marry a certain amount would be given to her every x amount of days so she could use it to sustain herself or even live off it alone if she had enough.
In South Indian weddings, there is a custom where the couple sit on a swing and all the family members pray against people who wish bad for them while they enjoy together on the swing. It has been theorised that this custom evolved as, in the past, when the couples tended to be in their mid-teens, such fun rituals were needed for the kids to maintain interest in the rituals. I am not sure how well proven this theory is though...... I just want to clear that I am not criticising any Traditions here.
Didn't the Indians also throw widows on fires if their husband died, willing or unwilling?
@@Shinzon23 What is your point here ?
@@Shinzon23 This practice was called "sati". It had been abolished centuries ago.
@@lune5146 Just because it was abolished doesn't mean it isn't still performed
@@Shinzon23 ah yes just like the west burned witches. They still do it. Just cause its abolished doesn't mean the west still doesn't burn witches.
I bet the veil tradition began at least 1800 years before Rome. In the Old Testament, Jacob didn't realize that Leah had been swapped for Rachel, because of her veil.
I agree! It probably also was present in other cultures at earlier points. Though a lot of Western customs, specifically, date back to ancient Rome. Or so they say!
@@kmstins Yes! Lol, thank you. I’ll edit it. I also keep mixing up Jacob and Isaac…
@@torysetliff Thank you for being nice in your reply. Many people don't like being corrected. I knew who you meant. I deleted my comment. Have a nice weekend Tory! 🤍🌻🙂
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I just got married at city hall, and went hard at Cheesecake Factory afterward with our parents. Screw a huge wedding we are buying a house and going to Hawaii with the money we saved! My cousin spent 20,000$ on her wedding! For one day!
Courthouse then home to do dishes lol
My ex's sister's wedding was over 30K, closer to 40. Guest list roughly 300, half of which was friends of her parents. Almost called it off but went ahead anyway. It was never happy and they (officially) divorced 6 years later to no one's surprise. He got to keep the house.
@@katie7748 whew that’s unfortunate, I see a lot of people end up doing these huge expensive weddings mostly for their parents and such. Just doesn’t make sense financially anymore 🤷♀️
That’s the way to go👍
Cheesecake Factory for 6 is still a huge price tag 😂
The reason that the ring is placed on the 4th finger is because people thought there was a vein leading straight to the heart.
Isn’t that true?
The romans really knew how to organize weddings. In fact, during the ceremonial procession, the guests used to sing this funny song about the kidnapping and marriage of the most beautiful Sabine by Thalassius's men:
"Where are you taking me?!"
"To Thalassius the Respectful!"
"Why are you taking me?!"
"Because he thinks you are very beautiful!"
"What will be my destiny?!"
"To Marry him. To be his mate!"
"What god will save me?!"
"All the gods have blessed this bond!"
Part of the vows that say "if anyone objects....." upset me as a young girl all the way till I was getting married. I solved that by having the minister just leave that part out.
lol you must have known people would object if you made the guy leave it out of the vows 😅
Most modern era brides would never want their bridesmaids or any other women in attendance to wear white on their wedding day
Not true there is a trend which has been around since at least 2015 of all white weddings where the group and the attendants wear white
@GenSet I said MOST. I'm aware if trends in weddings, those are not the majority so it is true
Stupid to have others wear white at wedding!
In the 1940 s all white weddings in a colorful garden setting were very popular.
Tell that to Kate Middleton
As a woman who eloped to Vegas and also had a beautiful wedding ceremony with our family and friends I knew a few of these already Not in full detail so interesting!! Also so many of these are evolving and changing with our modern times - I’ve been to weddings where they don’t throw the bouquet give it to the oldest married couple and one where they didn’t even cut the cake! Basically today anything goes with weddings as it’s so specific to the couple. In the pandemic I’ve gone to three virtual weddings as well people have to make due and change with the times I’ve even seen brides wear black or blush pink wedding dresses!
I'm told red wedding dresses are getting popular where I live
@@lisamedla that sounds so cool !!
Could you please speak about the experience of virtual weddings? I'm rather interested!!
Mt husband and I got married in September of 2000. We were both 30 and both had kids from past relationships. We took off to Reno and had a great weekend and got married. No beautiful wedding dress, no big party and no flowers. And looking back at that weekend, I would of never changed any part of it. ❤️❤️❤️
*would've 😉 Congratulations!
That is the way
I had a shotgun wedding too. I couldn't imagine going thru these choreographed steps.
@@Kelly-ml5tl she didn't describe a shotgun wedding!! 😆 They eloped! A shotgun wedding is where the father of the bride forces his daughter and her guy to get married because she's pregnant by dragging them to a preacher while holding a shotgun.
And no STRESS 😬 TOO.
I had heard that prior to Queen Vicky and white dresses, that green was a popular color for a wedding dress.
Mostly because it hid the grass stains. 🤭
There was no 'Color dress code' before that for brides and for grooms 'Wedding attire ' was never a compulsion cos men could marry in a 'Dress' that denotes their ranking and function i.e. career success, attires were always more for women with less choices
Choices were with royal women, and they set trends
Even todauy you see , common women will follow queen victoria's white style, but if they try to innovate new, families will scold them, but rich woman can
Depends, bright greens were an expensive color. Women simply married in the best dress they owned. whatever color might be, but probably depending if they kept the natural fibers colors or the period and fashion. Fashion wasn't changing that fast, that's why inherit a very expensive wedding dress from your mother or other family woman might also been a huge option, with some simple adjustments it could be changed to fit another body typer or fashion style.
@@johat1219 I am truly surprised that white is still the go-to for the majority of women. The virginal white looks almost alien when a tattooed woman is wearing it along with piercings.
I'm not against that fashion since I have both myself. I guess it just clashes in my head, since the meanings and history of a white wedding dress are so outdated for most women.
My fantasy of a perfect wedding would be wearing a tulle and chiffon black gown and having the ceremony in a cemetery in Halloween.
The gifts in the parasol was really interesting, didn't know that's where "shower" came from. Great Video!
The vail was better... lol I mean they wore it because the broad was ugly and then men got trapped. Dam that's brutal.
I eloped in pigeon forge with one attendant (my sister) and only our parents present. It was wonderful! Then we had a big party to celebrate two weeks later in my hometown. My only regret was not hiring a photographer for the reception. These traditions can be so silly and we have been married almost 18 years and counting.
I thought the purpose of a dowry & the father giving the bride away & well most things mentioned was because years ago women were considered property & most females were worth their weight in goods or domesticated animals (exempli gratia: a donkey, a few goats, & a track of land).
It depend where u were living. Some cultures the female had to have a dowry. Look up the history of Nicholas and he is were u get santa clause. At 13 I some cultures were married. If they had no dowry they had to be put to prostitution. So a girl was 13 had no dowry Nickolas slipped into her room threw a window and put what she needed under her pillow. That's were santa clause came from if this really happend don't know. Because there were bs stories what he did that's why he was called a Saint. But the girl story I could believe it.
"You brought BBQ spices? MARRY ME!"
A+ video!
I have always wondered of what purpose most bridal traditions served, those are really fascinating!
It is incredible how much tradition is tied to the ceremony!
Always enjoy the history behind the topics... enjoy even more the funny at times sarcastic remarks added... love history especially when made enjoyable
Wow; I knew about a lot of these but was surprised about others. Thank you. Love your humor.
Weird History never disappoints 😎
"A bachelor is a guy who never made the same mistake once!" Phyllis Diller
I never got married and learned from the teachings of Al Bundy.
@@mathgasm8484 You're the smartest egg in the carton!! Can't say the same for myself.
As a professional photographer and shot over 500 weddings. I thought I had seen it all till the bride and groom held their wedding at a nudist beach in Vancouver, Canada.
Turn's out the 'best man' at their wedding was their photographer.
So you were the best man?
At least the bride saved money on an expensive wedding gown.
My kids confused Billy Idol with Billie Eilish and now I want to hear Billie Eilish do a cover of White Wedding or Rebel Yell.
9:30, did the narrator misread the script? I thought De Beers got their diamonds from South Africa. The narrator said South America
I thought west Africa!
Sierra Leone, to be exact.
De Beers mines, are located in Botswana, Namibia, South Africa and Canada.
If you haven't already, can you do a video on ancient traditions that are still upheld today that are pagan in origin?
yeah! like the christmas tree or the easter eggs!
Like, literally Pagan, or the Catholic definition of Pagan?
It's all European wedding traditions, they should have included that in the title. The rest of the world's traditions were not mentioned 😶💀
Christmas,easter,and many other American and European holidays.
This channel is the ultimate proof that students at school love to Study but schools don't know the right way to teach the kids. Literally it would be so cool if you were my teacher 🙏🙏🙏
Do you know the tons of editing that went into producing this video. If he's your real teacher, you'll still hate history as well as him.
@@felixumukoro4119 Not necessarily true, I used to read encyclopedias as a kid, still do from time to time. Guess it just depends on the person.
Out of all mentioned traditions, in Saudi Arabia we only have The White dress, The Bouquet (without the throwing part), and The engagement rings.
I just love this channel. Informative and funny
I learned something new. Tearing the dress to shreds is, let's just say...a whole lot crazy. Great video yet again and I enjoyed listening to your "lesson".
to shreds, you say?
@@ErikGerm Yep. Put an "a" in there accidently and I didn't quite catch the mistake until I had already posted the comment. I did notice as soon as it posted but decided to leave it like it is and went on with my day. It's not the first mistake I've ever made and it won't be my last. 😁
@@gailpendarvis9767 oh i was quoting Professor Farnsworth from Futurama!
I kept thinking about that scene in Cinderella where the step-sisters tore Cinderella's dress to shreds!
Great video! Thank you! Just a little correction... De Beers' advertising campaign (while global) was for South African diamonds. Sir Ernest Oppenheimer established a network of global wholesalers for the South African diamonds, which is how the advertising campaign went global.
Thanks for this! 👰🏽 #WeirdHistory #WeddingTraditions
This was really great! An you do funerals next please?
Attention writers/researchers! De Beers diamonds are from South *Africa*, not South America. Please be careful with your presentation. A lot of young people get introduced to historical subjects with many of your videos. Make sure that what you say is accurate.
Couldn’t agree more. Students are warned Wikipedia isn’t verifiable. Yet… 😩😅
Actually, we do sort of have the “six pence in the shoe” still. I’ve been to many a reception where the bride’s shoe was passed around for you to put change or small bills in.
I like this idea/tradition It may be the only time you hope your bride has big feet 😁
My mom gave me a silver penny to put in mine
Nothing surprising about the role of marketing in creating the obscenely excessive spending and insane obsession with 'perfection'
Hitachi Global Systems, Inc. (Now bought by Western Digital) sponsored a mass wedding for their employees here in the Philippines...thanks to that, me and my wife (who's still employed by WD) are still married today.
Reason for the veil stems from the marriage of Jacob who married Leah and didn’t realize it wasn’t Rachel. He married the wrong woman because of the veil and that’s why the veil is lifted before they said I do
Labon was the one who tricked Jacob into marrying Leah because she was the oldest. Jacob then had to work for Labon for seven more years before he could marry Rachel too.
Weird History is the GOAT
Diamonds from De Beers were mined in South "America"?!?! South Africa boet! The company was started in South Africa, not by the "Dutch" but by the *Afrikaans* family. Dutch by descent, sure but I dare you to say that any Afrikaans person is Dutch and live to tell the tale.
De Beers is not the kind of corporation you should be proud of
'Jumping the broom' also has a very cool history.
Minor point, but the part about De Beers mining their diamonds from South America is wrong; they had mines in South Africa, not South America. Good and informative video, nonetheless.
Thank you! I was double thinking my memory when he said that!
South Africa, not South America. And how is it completely overlooked that the Bride might be the one who wants out. ESP during arranged marriage.
Do a weird history Christmas 😌
There's a Nordic custom of making Christening gowns out of wedding dresses.
My groom and I each wore a penny in our shoes from our birth year. Silly custom, but fun.
As far as the origin of the veil is concerned.... In the biblical story of Jacob marrying Leah (who he thought was Rachel) she wore a veil. That is why he did not know he was marrying the wrong woman. From then on in the Jewish tradition the man comes and lifts up the veil before the ceremony begins to make sure he is marrying the right woman.
That is way before the Romans came on the scene.
Love your videos. Keep up the great work 🙂
I love this channel! Neat.
Yay! New upload 😍
Deus benedicat tibi🙏🏻
A friend of mine is from India, and her parents arranged a marriage for her. From how she explained it to us at the time, if the prospective bride and groom get along - here comes the bride, complete with traditional attire of sashes, henna tattoos, etc.
thank you for uploading
7:45 ummm... "They placed gifts in a parasol which would then be opened, essentially showering the bride with gifts." How did this work? I'm confused how they got so many gifts in a closed parasol before it was opened to shower the bride? (I realize I'm overthinking this one! 😝)
Please make a video about Emma Goldman!
Quite interesting how much superstition has cemented traditions that are now taken for granted. Being half Swedish, half Tunisian and having lived in both countries it is really funny to me to think about different reactions to basically similar ideas when it comes to marriage.
If an evil spirit wanted to go after the bride I don’t think it would be too picky about the identically dressed bridesmaids. A soul is a soul so basically they all made themselves a “target” lol. Can you imagine how petrified they all were? Fascinating stuff though.
Man, that's something. Who knew that many of the wedding traditions began with the Romans? My cousin got married almost a year ago this month.
I was hoping there would be a clip from Bridesmaids and I was not let down, thanks.
The last one is incorrect, Roman’s carried their brides inside the house because they were superstitious of doorways and didn’t want her to trip on her dress.. I’m surprised he got this wrong lmao.
Isn’t 9:52 meant to be South Africa?
Yes. Blood Diamonds
Sounds great, Tom. 👍
Diamonds in South Africa...
Well the current tradition concludes with a bitter angry divorce well after the "marriage" is over.
Love is n the air with full support ,money and unconditional love . no blocking aint telling them to block let them feel love and be loved.❤
Not to mention that marriage license did it come into affect till after the 1950s.
That's not true at all. You had to get marriage licenses in Britain for a very long time.
The veil goes back to biblical times.
This channel is just 🔥💯
Wow queen Victoria was a revolutionary
Never been to or went to a wedding before but if I was a bride or bridesmaid/maid of honor I wouldn't mind having a or throwing a bridal shower
De Beers diamonds are mined in South Africa not South America
When I went to business school, it was required to take a Business Law class. The professor used the engagement ring to explain contract law to the class. After learning the legal view of marriage, my willingness to get married evaporated.
Why? What’s wrong with the legalities of marriage?
@@marthairene7732 it destroys the illusion of love that rom coms portray. Marriage was always designed to be a legal contract. It reognises a couple under the law.
Wouldn’t it be smarter to be married though? What happens if you get into a bitter breakup and you need to divide assets or fight for child custody? Or if you get incapacitated who do you give power of attorney to? Plus there’s financial benefits to being married…
"Holding a boombox playing peter gabriel" is just so awesome lol
Does anyone know the painting featured at 3:52, or how I would be able to find out who the artist is?
What is the music that is in the background during the bridal shower and veil segments? I like it!
De Beers didn't mine in South America. They mined in South Africa
Hope I marry a pretty lady one day and make her happy
I am not sure if I like those traditions now that I know the origins. I don't know? Those are interesting facts!
Hi! I was wondering if it would be possible for you guys to make a video about menstruation/periods/womens health in victorian/medieval times? i find it very interesting, and i would love to hear you guys's take on it! thanks :)
9:45 That would be South Africa, not South America.
I've always found wedding traditions stupid, doesn't stop marriage from being a 50/50 split of staying together or getting divorced.
My cousin was with her boyfriend at age 16, and they divorced. That's 20+ years.
@0:47 I used to have a major crush on Billy Idol.
evil spirits get invited to more weddings than me lol
👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻❤️❤️❤️I loved this! Thank you. 😁
De beers is in south africa
do a video on the crimes of the de Beers family.
I'm surprised jumping the broom didn't make the list
Limp Bizkit band poster LOL
Both of my grandmothers received engagement rings with diamonds in the 1920s, one maybe in the late 19teens. I know because I have them. They’re dainty, art nouveau or modernist, unlike now but still. Also, I thought blue for the bride was quaint until in film research learned that ‘blue’ is more towards kinky, sexual, whatever. 🤷♀️
When I was a bridesmaid back in 2016 I wore a sky blue dress and when I was a flowergirl at 6 I wore white dress to my calf’s and a waistband same colour of the bridesmaids dresses sadly that couple are no longer together
Awww! Father of the Bride!!! I haven’t thought about that movie in years!! So sweet
Omg Son in Law too! Lord I’m old 😅
Now do a video on honeymoons. Why do people travel? Was it really a full month back in the day?
Your facts seem wrong. De Beers mined diamonds in South Africa. Not South America.
There is one tradition that the grooms men try to kidnap her the night before the wedding so she doesn’t back ou of the marriage
The history of shoes and socks might be interesting to do 😎.
My, o my, the father was literally "dropping off the goods" at the altar, then. Marriage has always been a thing of contract, eh
At counter 9:52, the correct DeBeers diamond mining location was South AFRICA, not South America.
As an adult I've only been to gay weddings so I can't wrap my head around some of these. Some of them are like WHY would you want to keep that going??
Considering people did not bathe regularly centuries ago, I bet those bouquets of spices and herbs worked wonders. I hate body odor, it makes me nauseous.
I believe that STILL in the U.K., Bridesmaids still wear White like the Bride, example; (Kate Middleton & her Sister Pippa). Which in the U.S., if anyone other than the Bride wears any shade of white, its considered a huge faux pas, & that person is looked at as a trouble maker. Although just recently, one of the newest "trends" in the U.S., seems to be an all white Wedding.
The shot of Megan M. During the business transaction slide was an accident right lol
Where did the wedding song originate from?