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A Tradition from Romania

<br /><div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: 18pt; margin: 0cm 0cm 12pt;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiosnGSwUQjMMZ75SnVeScL1PIzrx_787YqO_7T7TjXB5GeAB6v6mj2icqPpayewCEyBfCCqg6wxS1OE9BVkf8uYIL3lRUVpQThYzo8MZBX39s1Iv1XkLiJBpIgSy7HT8fGzDfGHYOvpXAN/s1600/Romanian+Bride+Tradition+Wedding.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiosnGSwUQjMMZ75SnVeScL1PIzrx_787YqO_7T7TjXB5GeAB6v6mj2icqPpayewCEyBfCCqg6wxS1OE9BVkf8uYIL3lRUVpQThYzo8MZBX39s1Iv1XkLiJBpIgSy7HT8fGzDfGHYOvpXAN/s1600/Romanian+Bride+Tradition+Wedding.jpg" /></a><span lang="EN" style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">There are a treasure trove of rituals and traditions that originate from <st1:country-region w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">Romania</st1:place></st1:country-region>and people from different regions practice these in varied forms. The important ceremonial rituals practiced as part of a wedding is heavily dependant upon which region the couple come from.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: 18pt; margin: 0cm 0cm 12pt;"><span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span lang="EN"></span><span lang="EN">One ritual/tradition that we came across takes place in the hours leading up to the wedding when the bride is preparing for the day. While she is dressing, the bridesmaids and best friends all gather and assist her.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">  </span>This is a very important part of the preparation and can be a very emotional and moving moment for the bride and those closest to her. </span></span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial;"></span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial;"><strong>Song of the Bride:</strong></span><br />  <br /><div style="background: white; line-height: 15.6pt;"><span lang="EN" style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-ansi-language: EN;">Say goodbye bride to your mother, to your father<o:p></o:p></span></div><br /><div style="background: white; line-height: 15.6pt;"><span lang="EN" style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-ansi-language: EN;">To your sisters, to your brothers, to your garden with flowers<o:p></o:p></span></div><br /><div style="background: white; line-height: 15.6pt;"><span lang="EN" style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-ansi-language: EN;">To your friends and neighbours, to the games or lover</span><o:p></o:p></div><br /><div style="background: white; line-height: 15.6pt;"><span lang="EN" style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-ansi-language: EN;">Cry bride, today is the day<o:p></o:p></span></div><br /><div style="background: white; line-height: 15.6pt;"><span lang="EN" style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-ansi-language: EN;">It's time to forget your father and love your husband<o:p></o:p></span></div><br /><div style="background: white; line-height: 15.6pt;"><span lang="EN" style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-ansi-language: EN;">To forget your mother and to love your mother- in- law<o:p></o:p></span></div><br /><div style="background: white; line-height: 15.6pt;"><span lang="EN" style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-ansi-language: EN;">To forget about your sisters and to love your sisters-in-law</span></div><div style="background: white; line-height: 15.6pt;"><span lang="EN" style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-ansi-language: EN;"></span> </div><div style="background: white; line-height: 15.6pt;"><span lang="EN" style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-ansi-language: EN;">You will go with your husband and you will leave behind everything you had.</span></div><span lang="EN" style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin;"></span> </div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: 18pt; margin: 0cm 0cm 12pt;"><span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span lang="EN"></span><span lang="EN">As they prepare her for her ceremony a song, "Say farewell bride to your family and house"- "Ia-ti mireasa ziua buna" is played and with an overflow of emotion, is often accompanied by tears and embraces <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>from all present. We found a rough translation of the lyrics:</span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: 18pt; margin: 0cm 0cm 12pt;"><span lang="EN" style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Today with many couples living together before they are married, much of this significance can be lost, but for those who are coming from their parents home to join their husband in a new home and a new life, this rite of passage is still very special.</span></div>

A Tradition from Romania

There are a treasure trove of rituals and traditions that originate from Romania and people from different regions practice these in varied ...