The subtleties of wedding ceremonies in Great Britain

GRAMMAR SCHOOL MIIT, VINOGRADOVA DARIA, FORM 9

The contents 1. Methodological Characteristics of Research.

2. Evaluation of the traditions and subtleties of holding wedding ceremonies.

2.1. Chapter 1. Religious significance and background information of wedding ceremonies.

2.2. Chapter 2. Ttraditions and innovations in holding wedding ceremonies.

2.3. Chapter 3. Appraisal of the flexibility of British wedding traditions.

2.4. Conclusions.

3. The bibliography.

4. Glossary.

First of all, wedding is a religious ritual. Roman Catholic Church

First of all, wedding is a religious ritual.Eastern Orthodox Church

First of all, wedding is a religious ritual.Muslim Wedding

First of all, wedding is a religious ritual. Baha'i Wedding

The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints

Indian wedding

Jewish wedding

The ceremony of marriage has a significant holy

implication.

Wedding traditions come through centuries.

Monday for wealth, Tuesday for health, Wednesday the best day of all, Thursday for losses, Friday for crosses, Saturday for no luck at all.

Something old, Something new, Something borrowed, Something blue, And a silver sixpence in your shoe.

Married in White, you have chosen right,

Married in Grey, you will go far away,

Married in Black, you will wish yourself back,

Married in Red, you will wish yourself dead,

Married in Green, ashamed to be seen,

Married in Blue, you will always be true,

Married in Pearl, you will live in a whirl,

Married in Yellow, ashamed of your fellow,

Married in Brown, you will live in the town,

Married in Pink, you spirit will sink.

Good omens.

Bad omens.

Good wedding traditions all over the world.

Good Luck

Bad Luck

Wedding Rings

Confetti

Sticks that had to be jumped over.

Cakes

Formal wedding

Very formal wedding.

Destination

weddings

Civil wedding

Appraisal of the flexibility of British wedding traditions.

On what one can economize while preparing wedding ceremony?

Dress Food

Number of guests Wedding value

Decorations

The bibliography.

“British Studies” / general editor Sir V.M. Pavlovitskiy, Snt. Petersburg, 1996

http://www.themill.co.uk/

http://www.debate.org/

http://www.learnenglish.de/culture/marriage.html

“Customs & Traditions in Britain” / Longman structural Readers, 1997

Thank you for attention.