Wedding Traditions Around the World From force-feeding in Mauritania to tooth filing in Bali, and consulting a chicken liver for wedding dates in China's Inner Mongolia, various cultures have unique pre-wedding traditions that reflect their beliefs about beauty, balance of good and evil, and luck.
Unusual Wedding Rituals The diverse customs include crying rituals before marriage among the Tujia people of China, marrying trees based on astrological signs in India to break curses, tar-and-feathering brides in Scotland for good luck against evil spirits. These unusual practices shed light on cultural beliefs surrounding marriage and family blessings.