enow.com Web Search

Search results

  1. Results from the WOW.Com Content Network
  2. The Bride of Abydos - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Bride_of_Abydos

    In a letter to a friend, he himself notes the nature of its composition "for the sake of employment". [3] In his personal Diary of 16 November 1813, Byron claims to have written The Bride "stans pede in uno" [ 4 ] (a direct quotation [ i 1 ] from Horace 's Satires 2.10, [ 6 ] decrying the rapid production of poor verse for commercial gain).

  3. Traditional Chinese marriage - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Traditional_Chinese_marriage

    Bridewealth (betrothal gifts): At this point the bridegroom's family arranged for the matchmaker to present a bride price (betrothal gifts), including the betrothal letter, to the bride's family. Wedding gifts: The groom's family would then send an elaborate array of food, cakes, and religious items to the bride's family.

  4. Lobolo - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lobolo

    Lobolo or lobola in Zulu, Xhosa, Swazi, Silozi, and northern and southern Ndebele (mahadi in Sesotho, mahari in Swahili, magadi in Sepedi, bogadi Setswana, lovola in Xitsonga, mamalo in Tshivenda, and roora in ChiShona), sometimes referred to as "bride wealth" [1] [2] [3] or "bride price" is a property in livestock or kind, which a prospective husband, or head of his family, undertakes to give ...

  5. Chinese pre-wedding customs - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chinese_pre-wedding_customs

    The bride's parents may include the 嫁妝 gaa jòng (bride's dowry) (jiàzhuāng) along with the reciprocal gifts on the day of betrothal, or may present the bride's dowry separately a few days before the wedding ceremony. Chinese dowries typically include: bedding (e.g. pillows, bolsters, comforter set, blankets, bed sheets)

  6. Bride Mails Wedding Invitation with Confusing Letter to Groom ...

    www.aol.com/lifestyle/bride-mails-wedding...

    "She wanted to show me that they're getting married and basically explain that I was just like a placeholder or like a rebound," the groom's ex claimed

  7. Proxy marriage - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Proxy_marriage

    The process includes the groom sending the worth of a small denominational coin (שוה פרוטה), to the bride as discussed in Tractate Kiddushin Second Chapter. All Rabbis agree that it is preferable to betroth in person based on the dictum "It is more fitting that the mitzva be performed by the man himself than by means of his agent".

  8. Court annuls marriage because bride thought it was just an ...

    www.aol.com/news/court-annuls-marriage-because...

    An Australian judge has annulled the marriage of a Melbourne couple after the bride told the court that she took part in the wedding ceremony believing it was a social media “prank ...

  9. Wedding customs by country - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wedding_customs_by_country

    After that, they go to the bride's house where the Lăutari come and sing themed songs like "Ia-ți mireasă ziua bună" (Bride's farewell) while the bride, the groom and the couple's parents take part in a symbolic preparation for the wedding (the best man and the best maid put a flower on their chests, arrange the groom's tie and shaves him ...