Today the wedding fashion amazes with its variety, and each bride can choose not only the style and color of the outfit, but also its length. In the old days, the brides wore decorations that also emphasized beauty and youth, but at the same time all the details had a certain symbolic meaning.
Russian wedding folk costumes are the main features
In the times of Russia, there were no snow-white outfits, since white color was considered a symbol of holiness and something spiritual. Girls independently for several years sewed themselves wedding dresses, which were decorated with embroidery and bright patterns. Russian folk wedding dresses were unique, but they all had similarities:
- if married married representatives of the boyar family, the outfits were sewed from expensive and heavy fabrics, girls from peasant families could not afford such luxury, because the fabrics were cheaper;
- almost all Russian folk wedding dresses were decorated with characteristic patterns: flowers, berries and leaves, which were a symbol of good;
- Russian folk costume was always colorful and colorful, the bride in it was bright and attractive in the old Russian canons of beauty.
Russian wedding folk costumes - customs and traditions
Today young girls get a maximum of two outfits: one for the wedding ceremony, and the second for noisy festivities with guests on the second day. In the old days, every girl prepared at least four dresses, in accordance with Russian folk wedding traditions. It was necessary to sew individual decorations for the wedding ceremony, marriage ceremony, and also prepare a costume for a walk.
As for the bachelorette , for him the girl wore a bright sarafan and shirt under the bottom. The feature of this undershirt was very long sleeves. The fact is that according to the belief, the groom and his bride should not have touched the bare hands.
Another detail of the Russian traditional wedding dress was a headdress. He was something like a wreath of ribbons, and after the wedding all this beauty the bride gave to her intimate friend or sister. Directly at the wedding put on a dress of red color, it was in those days was a symbol of beauty, joy and fun.
For the second day of the celebration, a Russian folk costume was selected from the most expensive materials that the girl's family could afford. It was this dress that was not simply beautifully embroidered and decorated with all kinds of ornaments, a traditional sash was worn on it, worn by all married women.
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