The celebration of the second day of the wedding is the logical conclusion of the entire wedding event and requires careful preparation and certain financial costs.
Traditions and customs
In the old days in Russia, the second day of the festival was attached great importance. With this day, a large number of traditions and rituals were associated. The wedding usually went down three days, and sometimes delayed for a week. Today, the time of fun is somewhat declined and officially celebrate only the first two days. Some rites and rituals have been safely preserved to this day and are widely used in the preparation of festive scenarios.
The most common custom in the villages is the joint campaign of newlyweds to the Russian bath, where the young spouse presents her husband as a gift of the birch broom, and then his own positively, cleaning him, thus, from "sins of bachelor life." After conducting the ceremony of purification, the young returned to the house, and the husband comes into it first. This means its dominant role in a young family and, as a result, the celebration of the Patriarchate.
During the next ritual, which is called a "good mistress", the newly minted spouse demonstrates to all those present his skills. To do this, she is accepted to sweep the hut, and guests and relatives are specially littering at the same time and interfere with young to clean. After the "cleaning" is finished, the wife takes the needle in his hands and starts sewing or embroider. Cheerful guests also try to prevent her, constantly distracting young questions or tormented to push.
Up to this day rituals reached a few modified form , for example, a sewing test is not practiced at all, and when cleaning the room, his wife throws under a broom of candies from candy ahead with small money, which the girl should collect. Not forgotten and rites with rich, in which two of the most fun guests are dressed in the costumes of the bride and groom, sit down at the head of the table and surprisingly and the joy of present are present to the real newlyweds. Then, mood forcing young to go through comic tests in exchange for their rightful place at the table, after which it is inferior to it, but the outfit is usually not removed until the end of the evening.
The popular old rite is the distribution of a glass of alcohol, which is held by a young wife. At the same time, guests should leave instead of a glass on a tray coin, and then buy a pancake, which baked a young spouse. However, comic tests suggest not only the participation of his wife, her husband is also relied on to show their amreter and skills. So, the spouse rubs the firewood, clogs the hammer curves of nails and trying to cut the profile from plywood.
IDEAS IDENTIFICATION
The scenario of the second day of the wedding constitutes depending on the preferences and wishes of young spouses, as well as on the basis of how many tools are planned to spend on the second part of the holiday. Among the ideas of continuing the celebrations are the most popular are situations with friends in nature, meeting in a cafe or homemade feast.
Houses
If young and parents are somewhat tired of the noisy fun of the previous day, then you can spend the event at home. In this case, homemade dishes are served on the table, and only close people are present as invited people. A home holiday does not imply a rapid celebration, but allows in a relaxed atmosphere to communicate with relatives and loved ones. In addition, for homemade gatherings, it is not necessary to make a script and acquire a new outfit, and the festive banquet will cost much cheaper than in a cafe or restaurant.
A cafe
Celebration in the catering establishment is the ideal option for noisy and cheerful company, and also eliminates the need for an independent organization of the table and design of the apartment with festive attributes. The cons of the restaurant holiday includes considerable additional costs, as well as the compilation of the contests, quizzes and games. In the case of the presence of a large number of guests, they hire a toasta or prescribe their lead. If the company is small, then it is not possible to limit too noisy gatherings with dancing and sincere conversations.
The issue of payment of the second day of the celebration Every family decides in its own way. However, it will be good if part of the cost of the restaurant will take on a young couple: they can pay drinks and fruits, despite the most of the money will be made by parents. An individual payment of each guest is also allowed for its order. However, alcohol in this case should also be paid to the receiving party.
Outdoors
If the wedding event is held in the warm season, then it is fun to celebrate the 2nd day and in the fresh air. The ideal option will be a picnic in the country or in the village, where guests and young will be able to relax after yesterday's feast, breathing herbs flavors and enjoy good weather. However, for the absence of a country phasenda, a picnic can be organized and in nature. For this, the picturesque shore of the reservoir is quite suitable or a walk on the opening deck of the ship.
In many ways, the selection of the second-day celebration option depends on the time of year. So, in the summer, in addition to picnics in nature and rustic feasides, you can organize a trip to another city for newlyweds and their close friends. Young, as a rule, love to travel, and such an event will be a pleasant surprise for them. If the funds after the main celebration remained not very much, then as an alternative to a long trip, you can offer the youth of the Quest in the native city or walk in the amusement park.
Winter weddings require more active types of entertainment, therefore, as a celebration of the second day, you can offer guests skiing from a slide or skating. If it allows the technical side of the question, then you can pay the ski descent and instructor for all invited, as well as ride a sleigh or snowboard. Skating on the top three horses will also be remembered by guests a lot for a long time, but for such fun it is necessary to provide a room for heating and organize hot nutrition.
In the offseason, if the weather allows, you can organize a bicycle or horseback walk for young and their friends, and in the autumn period the entire company will go for mushrooms. A very interesting option will be a thematic holiday associated with national rites and the traditions of the second wedding day. However, for this you need to contact the country ethnographic museum in advance and agree on the program.
In some cases, the celebration of the second day can also take place without guests. Often, young people will retire in a restaurant for a romantic dinner or depart in a wedding trip right on the day of registration. This version of the celebration is also entitled to existence and is considered to be very soulful and less expensive.
How do guests meet?
The guest meeting is part of many rites at the celebration of the second day, and on how interesting it will be carried out, the emotional tone of the holiday and the mood of those present depends on. An interesting idea will be the meeting of the invited Gypsy Tabor. Start receiving invited can be gypsy songs, jokes, loud music and dancing. However, you do not need to invite this Tabor for this. Usually, the several most artistic relatives are changed into national costumes, take guitars and meet the rest of the guests. Supported festivals are also popular, on which each guest at the entrance is issued several accessories of any image, and he plays this character all evening.
You can organize a comic medical examination, for which the entrance is "Doctor with a nurse" And they measure the invited pulse, reflexes and the temperature "after yesterday", using the musical metronome and a large cardboard thermometer. With a low pulse, weak reflexes and body temperature below 40 degrees, a glass of vodka is offered. Another comic option for meeting guests is the sale of cutlery, and on the tables they must be completely absent. And in order not to eat hands, guests will be forced to buy spoons and forks. Alternatively, the forks may be present on the tables, and when the liquid dishes are "suddenly", it turns out that the spoons for them still need to buy. Immediately after the guests enter the room, they can be offered to acquire themselves the best place at the table, which is located next to the young spouses.
Menu features
Despite the fact that after the first day of the celebration, there is usually a lot of food, for the new feast there are fresh lungs, but at the same time hearty dishes. Food of the second day should be easily friendly and low-fat. This is due to the possible consequences of yesterday's overeating and drinking alcoholic beverages. To avoid too calorie sharp food with a large number of fats.
It is better to stay on the preparation of vegetable snacks, fish and chicken dishes, as well as green salads, only not mayonnaise, but olive oil. Fish and chicken are usually prepared in an oven or a double boiler, after which they watered a light-calorie sauce.
In addition to snacks, vegetable slicing and second dishes, it is recommended to cook soup. It may be ear, pickle or suolarship, and the only condition for its preparation is the use of low-fat broth.
If young plans to go to the wedding trip, then the second day of the wedding can be noted in the restaurant with the kitchen of the country to which they go. Thus, the spouses are symbolically divided by a partial trip with each of the guests, treating them with dishes of national cuisine. If there is no possibility to visit the National Restaurant, you can order several dishes from the delivery service.
When organizing a light bucket in nature, it is possible to restrict ourselves to kebabs, baked fish or sausages cooked on the grill. Vegetable salads and lung snacks must be supplied to the meat. As for alcoholic beverages, the best option is dry wine or champagne. Too strong drinks are not used on the second day.
What to wear?
The appearance of young spouses and invited entirely depends on where the holiday will be held. If this is not a restaurant, you can go to the celebration in simple and comfortable clothes, especially since your best outfits have already shown the day before, so something else to invent the wardrobe is not worth it.
Bride
If the holiday is decided to arrange in a restaurant, you no longer need to wear a wedding dress, but an ideal version will be a light bright dress.
Shoes can be chosen at a low heel, as the official part and the adoption of congratulations already behind, and the young will finally be able to fully relax, dance and chat with friends.
When celebrating in nature or in another unofficial setting, you can wear a light skirt or trousers, as well as the thematic pair T-shirt with the inscription "Wife" or something like that. The second, exactly the same T-shirt, should be on the husband and have the appropriate inscription "Husband". It looks like this ensemble is very cool, especially if the design of T-shirts is carefully worked out and created directly for this pair.
Bridegroom
In the restaurant, the young man can put on light trousers and shirt without a tie. Jeans in this case are not allowed. The sleeve on the shirt is also better to choose a long, and its color should be harmonized with a spouse outfit. But on a picnic or in the village you can wear jeans. In combination with a pair-t-shirt, it will get a convenient and practical outfit that will not argue movements and will allow a good relaxing in nature.
Guests
Guests must also select their clothes in accordance with the conditions of the event. For a country trip, jeans and sneakers will fit, and for the campaign to the thematic event, it will be necessary to dress up in accordance with the specified and mandatory color gamut. However, if the subject is narrowly controlled, for example, marine, then it is definitely not worth it to acquire myself the front costume of the sea officer. It will be enough to wear some bright accessory denoting accessory to the general style. In this case, it can be a shortage or striped blue-white brazer on the neck. To match the color topics, it is enough to tie a bow or take a balloon with you the right color.
What do you give young?
Usually on the second day of large gifts no longer give, but they actively take part in cash contests and comic sales. The whole amount that collected in this way goes to the family budget of a young couple. However, it is possible to prepare a symbolic gift at your discretion. It can be a photo album, a set of towels, thematic t-shirts with funny inscriptions or circles with photos of young. Also appropriate gifts made by their own hands. It can be funny charms or soft talismans, but such gifts should be made in two copies and granting her husband and wife.
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