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  2. Bridal shower - Wikipedia

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    A bridal shower traditionally involves giving gifts to the future wife. A bridal shower is a gift-giving party held for a bride-to-be in anticipation of her wedding . The history of the custom is rooted not necessarily for the provision of goods for the upcoming matrimonial home, but to provide goods and financial assistance to ensure the ...

  3. Wedding invitation - Wikipedia

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    Commercial wedding invitations are typically printed using one of the following methods: engraving, lithography, thermography, letterpress printing, sometimes blind embossing, compression plate process, or offset printing.

  4. Baby shower - Wikipedia

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    In Armenia, a baby shower is called "qarasunq" (քառասունք) and is celebrated 40 days after the birth. It is a mixed party for all relatives and friends. Guests usually bring gifts for the baby or parents. In Australia, Canada, New Zealand, and the United States, baby showers are a common tradition.

  5. Bachelorette party - Wikipedia

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    Bachelorette party. An American bachelorette party, with the bride-to-be wearing a veil, at left. A bachelorette party ( United States and Canada) or hen night ( UK, Ireland and Australia) is a party held for a woman (the bride or bride-to-be) who will soon be married. While Beth Montemurro concludes that the bachelorette party is modelled ...

  6. Wedding - Wikipedia

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    Wedding industry. The global wedding industry was worth $300 billion as of 2016. The United States wedding industry alone was estimated to be worth $60 billion as of the same year. In the United States, the wedding industry employs over one million people throughout 600,000 businesses and grows 2% each year.

  7. Russian wedding traditions - Wikipedia

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    Russian wedding traditions. Traditional Russian weddings can last between two days and one week. The celebration usually involves dancing, singing, toasting, and banqueting. The best man and bridesmaid are called "Witnesses" or " Свидетели " ( svideteli) in Russian. [1] The ceremony and the ring exchange take place on the first day of ...

  8. Chinese pre-wedding customs - Wikipedia

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    Chinese pre-wedding customs. Chinese pre-wedding customs are traditional Chinese rituals prescribed by the 禮記 ( láih gei ( Book of Rites ), the 儀禮 ( yìh láih ( Book of Etiquette and Ceremonial) and the 白虎通 ( baahk fú tùng) ( Bai Hu Tong) condensed into a series of rituals now known as the 三書六禮 ( sàam syù luhk láih ...

  9. Bridesmaid - Wikipedia

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    Bridesmaid. Bridesmaids are members of the bride's party at some Western traditional wedding ceremonies. A bridesmaid is typically a young woman and often the bride 's close friend or relative. She attends to the bride on the day of a wedding or marriage ceremony. Traditionally, bridesmaids were chosen from unwed young women of marriageable age .

  10. White wedding - Wikipedia

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    A white wedding is a traditional formal or semi-formal wedding originating in Great Britain. The term originates from the white colour of the wedding dress, which originated with Anne of Brittany during her 1499 marriage to Louis XII of France. The white dress became popular with Victorian era elites after Queen Victoria wore a white lace dress ...

  11. Bride - Wikipedia

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    Bride. A bride in an elaborate wedding dress, US, 1929. A bride is a woman who is about to be married or who is a newlywed . When marrying, if the bride's future spouse is a man, he is usually referred to as the bridegroom or just groom. In Western culture, a bride may be attended by a maid, bridesman and one or more bridesmaids .