Where did this Russian tradition come from - meeting with a loaf of young people? What does she mean? How to organize it? All questions we will answer in this article.
Back with you a few centuries ago.Russian village. Wedding walks. A meeting of young people with a loaf is held at the end of the feast of the elder. The biggest pieces were given to the newlyweds, then their parents and closest relatives. In the basis of bread, coins were baked, and it was presented to musicians. Children received the rest. There was a rule - received from the young loaf - give back in return with money or some other useful gift in everyday life.
Well, the meeting itself with the young loaf was born inOf Russia in the 19th century and postonno evolved. In modern reading, it looks like this: at the place where there will be a feast, guests line up in a "corridor". Newlyweds drive up and pass through it into the hall. Along the way, the guests clap, shower the young with rose petals, confetti, rice, grain or coins - to your taste. If the celebration in the winter or in inclement weather - transfer this action to the room. Then the parents of the young people meet with the loaf. The groom's mom is holding a round loaf on a fancy towel, and the bride's dad is holding glasses of champagne or any other drink. In the absence of one of the parents, or in the case of their unwillingness to take part in the ritual, you can have two mothers hold the meeting or another woman instead of the groom's mother who raised him. Since ancient times, the loaf has been a sign of accepting a bride to a new family, which is why his mother-in-law keeps him, who at the same time can say, for example, such words:
"Congratulations to you, our dear children! Accept this loaf as a gift! Let it be the warmth that keeps this bread and the wealth of which it is a symbol in your home! Advice to you and love!"
Say words from the heart, do not need to readon paper long speech - you will still have the opportunity to say it later, at the banquet. Meeting with the loaf of the young should be loose and relaxed.
After this, the options are possible - the bride and groombreak or bite, pinch off or break off a piece, salt it (with the words of parents "salt each other for the last time") and eat it, treating each other. They quench their thirst with a drink and break their glasses "for luck." At this meeting with the loaf of young ends, all are held in the hall of the wedding celebration.
We do not recommend meeting with the loaf to hold with icons. Usually they blessed the young before leaving the house of the bride before the wedding. Here they are inappropriate, especially if there was no wedding.
Dear brides and grooms! Remember that wedding is your day, and everything should be as you like. You can make changes to this tradition or do without it.
Wedding mom can keep and mother of the bride,or even the newlyweds fathers. The loaf can be replaced with any other dish - for example, young people can give out pancakes with a filling - “to tell fortunes for the future.” What stuffing got - this will be life. It is desirable that caught with sweet raspberries.
Parents can symbolically hand over something to young people as a sign of their entry into family life - a hammer and a rolling pin, for example.
В конце коридора из гостей можно и просто release balls or butterflies, cut the red ribbon or drink from one cup. All this experienced toastmaster will beat in accordance with the style of your wedding and your wishes.
