Church Weddings in Italy
Sposarsi in Chiesa
During many religious Italian bridal ceremonies a large bowed ribbon is stretched across the top of the doorways of the Catholic churches to indicate that someone is tying the knot in that place. Italian tradition has it that newlywed couples get showered by rice or paper confetti as they come out after the church ceremony and walk through the town piazza to greet everyone.
Confetti represent money
and good fortune and that is why an awful lot of confetti come showering
down on the couple by all the surrounding well wishers as they exit the
church.
The next day the people responsible for the public street cleaning cannot
have their usual midmorning caffé because of all the extra
cleanup left for them to do in the public square.
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