Bulgarian weddings involve several traditions and rituals. Friends and relatives first prepare and send wedding invitations. A few nights before the wedding, the groom and bride have separate stag and hen parties to say goodbye to single life. On the wedding day, the couple goes to the wedding hall or church where the priest performs the ceremony. A ritual involves the bridesmaid placing a white cloth in front of the newlyweds, and there is a belief that whoever steps on the other's foot will be the dominant one in the marriage. Several symbolic rituals like breaking bread and throwing the bouquet take place during the wedding celebration.

1. Bulgarian
Authentic
Wedding

2. The first
step in the
wedding is
when
relatives and
friends
prepare
invitations

3. Two or three nights before
the wedding, a stag party
and a hen night is
organized – saying
“goodbye” to the groom
and bride by their friends.

5. Firstly they all go to “the wedding hall” for marriage or
in the church, where the priest performs the wedding
ceremony.

6. There is a
custom the
bridesmaid
placing a
white cloth
in front of
the bride
and groom

8. There is a belief whoever
steps on the other’s leg, will
be the ‘’bossy’’ in the family!

11. This ritual is
performed in the
middle of the
wedding.
Newlyweds turn
back to each
other. Godfather
holds the bread
over their heads.
It is believed
that the one who
breaks off the
bigger part of it
will dominate at

13. The bride has to kick this cooper pot, whatever
the first flower is ,this will be the child of the
young family.

16. Throwing the bouquet
symbolizes
the
separation
of
its
identity with the girl
on a lonely woman and
becoming a wife.

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