The Month

We were searching about the theme “Stories & Curiosities about Wedding”, and found some interesting novelties about it, like the month the bride and groom use to marry in different countries.

In Japan, for example, they use to marry in June (June Bridal). They believe that if the Wedding is realized in that month, the marriage is for a lifetime.
In some South American countries, May is the perfect month to marry, maybe because it’s the Mother’s Month, the month dedicated to Mary, related to maternity itself.

In Portugal, in the 1500’s, women never married in August because it was when the ships with their beloved explorers went to look for new lands, so to get married in that month meant to be alone, without honeymoon, and sometimes, to become a widow. Then if a wedding could not happen in July, Portuguese women would marry only during next September. This tradition was transformed into a superstition that persists even today in many places.

In Germany, however, women don’t believe in the magic power of this superstition, they use to marry in August, mainly on Fridays, not as a challenge, but as a tradition.

Thus what month do you think is the ideal one for you to get married?

Photo by Diana Rothry