It is called "wedding" or "marriage", the ceremony in which two people establish their conjugal relations, that is, it is the civil or religious union of two people. Generally, this is taken as a rite, which serves as a formal event, to formalize the union between two individuals before someone else, who usually acts as a regulatory entity; Depending on the culture in which it is carried out, the process may change, due to the customs and traditions of the place. The word originates from the Latin word “vote”, the plural of “votum” (vote), in relation to the oath that the bride and groom take at the moment of delivering the rings.
A series of superstitions revolve around the rite, most of them generated during the Middle Ages. One of these is the one that is contracted in the phrase: "Something old, something new, something borrowed or used and something blue", each one representing aspects that are desired for the future of the couple; the old would be the connection of the bride with her past and with her future, the new was the hope of a bright future, the borrowed was that, it was believed, happiness could be launched by wearing a garment of someone who was happy, while the blue was about the fidelity of the bride and groom to the other. Another custom was for both participants to wear coins in their shoeswhich, by the way, must be brand new. There were also certain days when it was more appropriate to celebrate the wedding.
Every aspect involved has a meaning. An example of this is the color of the wedding dress, white being reserved for virgins or pure, yellow for those who desire fertility and red for those who are not virgins. The veil, in the same way, represents the youth of the woman; In the Catholic Church, for its part, it is used as a symbol of purity. The bouquet of flowersrepresents merit and happiness; the handkerchief of tears, according to ancient beliefs, was vital, since if the bride cried on her wedding day, she would cry no more in her life. Finally, the maid of honor should be a girl, under 12 years of age, who has a direct blood link to the bride; if there is not, in some cultures a child is taken and garments of the opposite sex are placed on him.
