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Weddings in Sicily

Project n° 2011-1-RO1-COM06-14665-5 Rediscover the Real European Values. Weddings in Sicily. VII ISTITUTO COMPRENSIVO G. A. COSTANZO Siracusa - Italy. Scelta della sposa. It was the groom’s mother who looked for a good wife. It was necessary that she came from the same country:

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Weddings in Sicily

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  1. Project n° 2011-1-RO1-COM06-14665-5 Rediscover the RealEuropeanValues Weddings in Sicily VII ISTITUTO COMPRENSIVO G. A. COSTANZO Siracusa - Italy

  2. Scelta della sposa It was the groom’s mother who looked for a good wife. It was necessary that she came from the same country: “Ciciri cu ciciri e favi cu favi” 1908 Young Sicilian spouses emigrated in USA

  3. About the Ageofspouses Omu di vintottu, e fimmina di dicidottu Man at twenty-eight, woman at eighteen Women married very young. 1928

  4. About bride’s virtues June1930 If the groom’s mother found the girl, at home, embroidering, she surely would be a good wife; otherwise she would be the ruin for her husband.

  5. The request The groom’s mother went to the girl’s house, bringing a comb to work the wool, to talk about the bride’s dowry.

  6. The dowry “Figlia in fasce, dote in cassa” Still nowadays in Sicily and in the south of Italy a strong tradition is the bride’s dowry.

  7. Wedding date “Né di Venniri, né di Marti, nun si spusa, né si parti” It’s better not to marry on Tuesday or Wednesday (from the Greek tradition, inauspicious days for weddings and departures). “Sposa maiulina o augustina non si godi a cuttunina” It’s better not to marry in May or August (from an ancient Roman tradition , because in these months they commemorated the dead). 1927

  8. Marriage in XIX century Until the end of the “twenties”, they didn’t make photographs the same day of the wedding. The wedding party was at the bride’s house. A week after the ceremony, the newly-weds went to the photographer’s to have some pictures. In the 19th century, in Sicily brides didn’t wear a white dress, but they wore according to the tradition of the place where they lived.

  9. Weddingprocession A wedding procession left from the bride’s house to the church. At the end of the ceremony, out of the church, the guests threw the newlyweds barley, beans, bread crumbs, salt and wheat. 1927 Noble marriage

  10. January 1947

  11. Weddingflowers April 1947 Orange blossoms came to us from the ancient Arabic tradition. They are the symbol of marriage and symbolize purity and and wishes for fertility.

  12. Project n° 2011-1-RO1-COM06-14665-5 Rediscover the realEuropeanvalues Thanks for your attention VII ISTITUTO COMPRENSIVO G. A. COSTANZO Siracusa - Italy

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