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Romantic, passionate and romantic Spanish wedding

Spain is a country with a long history and splendid ancient culture. The Spanish people have always maintained their own unique customs, which can be seen from the wedding customs. In Spain, there is no such thing as parents arranging children's marriage, and some parents don't even ask. Young people love in a variety of ways and are very free. There is no difficulty in finding a partner in Spanish society, and there is almost no marriage. Even if there are occasional advertisements for marriage, they are only limited to older young people.

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Up to now, in some social occasions in Spain, many women, especially beautiful young girls, always hold a fan in their hands. The local climate is not hot, so the fan in your hand is obviously not used to cool down. It turns out that fans are used to express feelings between men and women. By using fans to make various actions to express different emotional meanings, especially some meanings that are inconvenient to express in words in person, they can be explained by fans' actions. If a girl has a lover or no suitor, throw the fan on the table and say "I have a lover" or "I can't love you" to the other party. When a man sees it, he will leave with discretion.

If a married woman meets a confessed man, she will fan her fan hard, that is, tell the other party, "Please leave me!"! Otherwise my husband will hit you. " When a man looks at it, he naturally understands what to do. If a girl covers the lower part of her face with a fan to show her love to a man who seeks love, it means "I love you" or "I fell in love with you at first sight". When the man sees it, he will hug and kiss the girl warmly. When a man and a woman break up on a date, the girl turns on the fan, holds her chin and tells each other, "I hope to see you again soon." Of course, spoony men will listen to the girl's advice.

As a third-party host

In other parts of Spain, when young men and women fall in love, they always like to put a chair or a small stool beside them, and no one sits on it or puts anything on it. It turns out that this is a fictional third party present, symbolizing that there is a guardian around.

Before cutting the cake, the bride and groom compete for family dominance.

The most solemn and lively time at a Spanish wedding is when the bride and groom cut the wedding cake. When the party goes on for a certain time, the waiter will bring a huge cake. The cake is fine in workmanship, with patterns made of colored cream and the word "happiness" in Spanish on the surface. The bride and groom both walked to the front of the cake, and in the cheers and applause of everyone, * * * raised a long stainless steel knife together. Different from the situation that the bride and groom cut the cake together at weddings in other European countries, at weddings in Spain, the bride and groom have to fight bravely to see who can skillfully take off each other's new shoes and who will be the winner. It is said that whoever wins the wedding will have the right to dominate the family in the future.

At the beginning of the cake-cutting ceremony, the groom was eager to cut the cake, but the bride strongly opposed it. Because the groom's wrist is strong, the cake is about to be cut, and the bride quickly raises one foot and steps on the groom's foot to distract the groom from cutting the cake. Unexpectedly, the groom took the opportunity to cut hard and the cake was cut into two pieces. At the same time, he bent down, reached out and took off one of the bride's shoes, and held it high for everyone to watch. The guests applauded warmly, cheered for the groom's victory and shared the wedding cake. In fact, this is a deliberate sacrifice made by the bride to prevent the groom from losing face in front of everyone. She deliberately raised her feet without tying her shoelaces so that the groom could take them off at once.

When guests share cakes, they always come up with many ideas to amuse the bride and groom. In order to increase the festive atmosphere of the wedding, the bride and groom kept their demands on the guests secret, and finally basically met their demands. Some guests asked the bride and groom to hug and kiss in public, some asked the newlyweds to introduce their love stories by gesturing and performing pantomime, and some asked them to tell their plans for future life through painting. Whoever plays tricks on the newlyweds with ingenious ways, novel forms and profound meanings will win a burst of warm applause. The funny performance of the bride and groom caused the audience to burst into laughter. Finally, the bride and groom dance, and the guests dance with the bride and groom in pairs. Even the parents of the bride and groom jumped into the dance floor happily. The lively and joyful family wedding dance lasted until the next morning.