China
A bride should cry for a month and a family life will be sweet.
India
According to the tradition, the youngest son can’t marry before his elder brother. Therefore, if the younger brother announces the intention to marry, the elder brother has to marry a tree and then to cut it off.
Kenya
In the Masai tribe the bride’s father should spit in the face of his daughter when blessing the marriage. Then she leaves the house without looking back. After the wedding a groom should wear women’s clothes for a month, in order to understand how it is to be a woman.
Scotland
Before the wedding the bride has to get covered in garbage and spoiled food, after this she is tied to a tree. In this way she is ready to bear the difficulties of family life.
Nigeria
The Nigerian girls are preparing for marriage a year before the wedding. They move to a secret place for 12 months and relatives bring them nutritious and high-calorie food because the bride should gain the more weight as possible. It is believed that thin girls are not happy in marriage.
