A wedding is a wonderful celebration. Everyone enjoys themselves, relaxes, takes pictures. If you are invited to a Russian wedding and you do not know how to behave at it, then this article will help you! Enjoy reading it!
Russian people are very superstitious and therefore on such a celebration as a wedding in the culture of Russia there are a number of omens that must be observed if you are a guest at a wedding.
1. At the wedding can not come in white.
When you choose an outfit for someone else's wedding, do not choose white, because this color on this happy day belongs only to the bride. You can offend her and as the omens say steal her happiness.
2. Do not give cutlery as a gift at the wedding.
According to omens, if you give a set of cutlery to young people, it means to give them grief in family life. The best gift will be money or an expensive certificate, for example, to a restaurant. Do not spare money for a gift, Russians spend a lot of money on a wedding!
3. There is a lot of alcohol at a Russian wedding.
Yes, it is true, most Russians love alcohol and at the wedding you will see a huge amount and variety of these drinks. No one will force you to drink a lot, drink as much as you want!
4. At a Russian wedding shout "Gorko".
This phrase means that the bride and groom should kiss after they drink wine. If you hear that everyone shouts "Gorko", then bravely shout too!
5. In Russia, it is custom to make toasts at a wedding.
When you are asked to say a toast, do not hesitate and sincerely wish happiness to the young!
I hope this article has helped answer your question and now you will be more confident to behave at a Russian wedding.
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