Polterabend is a German pre-wedding tradition where friends and
family come together for an informal party where they break dishes, flowerpots,
tiles, toilets, anything except glasses or mirrors. To symbolize working
together through future difficulties, the bride and groom must clean everything
up.
Gurning is making a
distorted facial expression, and English rural tradition has celebrated this
since 1267. At the World Gurning Championship in Egremont, England, competitors
wear a horse collar and attempt to make the most grotesque face possible.
Four-time world champion Peter Jackman, had his teeth removed in 2000 to make
his facial maneuvers easier.
Blackening the
Bride is to prepare Scottish
brides-to-be for their marriage and they must go through a very foul
pre-wedding ritual. Friends of the bride take her by surprise and cover her
with eggs, spoiled milk, feathers, and anything disgusting. The blackened bride
is then paraded around town. The purpose of this custom is to prepare the bride for
marriage because after going through that, any marital problems will seem like
nothing.
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