How to celebrate an American wedding but with the Russian atmosphere?

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How to celebrate an American wedding but with
the Russian atmosphere?
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A betrothal

• A man asks a woman to marry and gives her a
  wedding ring. The special sets, consisting of
  three rings, are on sale two female - wedding
  both wedding and one man's - wedding.

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Dressing

• Girl-friends of a bride are in identical dresses
  of the same color with small bracelets on a hand,
  tied up by a satiny tape.
• Friends of a groom in traditional white and black
  colors, with the a tie and a buttonhole.

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A bridal shower

• Shower - A bride is strewed with gifts like
  water from a shower underwear, the dressing
  gowns, books about sex, bedding, a professional
  dancer.

• Games
• Presents
• Foods
• Giving advice

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A bachelor party

• A groom is strewed with rum, wine, the cigars,
  dear tobacco and gifts of the erotic plan.

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Civil ceremony
Civil occurs one-two weeks before and it is
compulsory

• The pair comes to a bureau of the state
• registration of marriage and a civil
• registrar who spends official ceremony
• invites them to be the husband and the wife.

• A marriage license
• is sent by mail.

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A religious ceremony
A groom with the best man stay near the altar.

• It is spent by the cleric in the church.

A maid of honor goes the first, close girlfriend
of a bride

• A flower girl - the little girl in white
• who scatters
• and the boy who holds
• a small pillow on which rings lay.

• A bride goes, she is handed
• to an altar by the father
• (a brother or an uncle).

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• A bride is coming into
• a church, everyone rise.

• People give each other
• the promise
• to divide with each other
• all pleasure and grief

Exchanging the rings
Travelling around the city
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What's happen with the guests?

• Guests go to a cocktail.
• A guest book is a book in which people write the
  wishes.
• In a hall of celebrations (weddings hall)
• there is a cocktail or a buffet table for
  guests.
• A big hall is for newly-weds and guests.

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What's happen ?
General dances, an "alive" group
The best man speaks the first toast
Dancing with each other, then a groom with mum,
then a bride with a daddy.
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Do not disturb"
Leaving for wedding travel
The first marriage night is never spent at home.
Cutting a pie, holding a knife together.
A ceremony of throwing of a garter.
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Russian atmosphere
Before the wedding A proposing, Showing, A
bridal shower A bachelor party
Directly wedding traditions The ransom of a
bride Wedding Wedding feast
Traditions
After the wedding The second day
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A proposing
Showing

• A wedding ceremony ,where relatives of the bride
  have to agree for a wedding.

This ceremony is spent in the house of the bride.
There is the first meeting for each family .
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Wreaths - is a sign on a victory over passions
The general bowl a sign on necessity to divide
between each other pleasure and grief Manner
altar a sign on durability of marriage.
The ransom of a bride
Wedding

• The ransom of a bride is a cheerful tradition
  champagne, sweets and money.
• The task of girl-friends is to ask tricky
  questions to the groom, to interfere his way to
  the bride.
• The task of the groom and his friends is to take
  the bride.

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The wedding traditions
The second day

• Bread and salt
• Showering of newly-weds
• An auction
• Gifts
• Stealing
• Dancing
• Playing games

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Thus

• Different and common things
• Russian traditions
• Be creative take an American organization and
  add Russian traditions, music, customs

And you will celebrate an American wedding with
Russian atmosphere!!!
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• Thank you for attention