Pictures of traditional wedding dresses from your country :)

[ElissaDido]

In Tunisia there are several parties and celebrations before the wedding day in which the bride can wear different traditionnal dresses. Every city has its own traditional dress.

1) 2 pieces "harem" costume, a top and puffy pants with bare stomach.

It can be made with different textures and colors. It's worn during one of the celebrations preceeding the wedding.

The top is usually low cut and has a lot of details.

2) The caftans/Jebbas are usually worn by the bride during the celebrations preceding the wedding such as engagement parties.

3) This 2 pieces dress is worn during the wedding.

It's very detailed and is usually white or beige, but some brides like to wear them in other colors.

4) This wedding dress is made with real gold collected by the bride's familly from her childhood.

Depending on the city you come from, there are several other traditional dresses that can be worn during the celebrations preceeding the wedding.

What about you? Where do you come from and what do your traditonnal wedding dresses look like?

[HandsomeRaj]

I'm part of a country with 29 states, 7 Union Territories (British Parliamentary system hence states are under the parliament / Prime Minister while Union Territories are under the President) with a population of over 1.2 billion where a lot of uncharted terrains exist and the population of those unknown spread over 3.288 million km with the People's Linguistic Survey of India, saying that the official number of languages is 122 which is far lower than the 780 that it counted and another 100 that its authors suspect exist (there are languages that do not have a script either). This is INDIA.

Major religions are as follows:
HINDUISM - about 82%
ISLAM - about 12%
CHRISTIANITY - about 2.5%
SIKHISM - about 2%
BUDDHISM - about 0.7%
JAINISM - about 0.5%
ZOROASTRIANISM - about 0.01%
JUDAISM - about 0.0005%
There again are various sects within these religions and there are those that aren't even in the census :)

Can't put up links to all the possible bridal attires but here are a few www.slideshare.net/.../bridal-attire-in-different-parts-of-india

You can well imagine the diversity that exists in every aspect :)

The maroon / burgundy dress in your point 2 is <3 <3 <3 <3

[mskay]

OMG your wedding dresses are so gorgeous 💙💙

Since I'm mostly Chinese, my traditional wedding dresses are something like this:
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[ElissaDido]

Thanks for Shariiing :) It so cute and feminine !!!

[SirenDep]

why are all the chinese wedding dresses red?

[mskay]

@SirenDep Red symbolizes luck for the Chinese

[SirenDep]

cool! I love wearing anything red!

[mskay]

@SirenDep ahah thank you ^^

[cookiesandcream]

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Most traditional bridal gowns resemble the Filipiniana but some (the super traditional or conservative) I think use the baro't saya
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^ a plain sketch of what a filipiniana, barong, baro't saya and etc

[ginnyweasley]

Dutch wedding favors

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the dutch love our tulips
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At the reception a beautiful tree branch is placed next to the bride and groom’s table, and paper leaves attached to pieces of colourful ribbon are placed at each guest’s place setting. Guests write their special wish for the happy couple on their leaves, which the bride and groom can then read and hang on the tree.

Princess Maxima and Dutch Crown Prince Willem-Alexander
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[ginnyweasley]

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The box is filled with wine and 2 glasses representing the bride and groom and a love letter from both. The box is to be opened the 5th wedding anniversary where each will read the letter and enjoy the wine. But, if anytime throughout the marriage they reach a rocky point they are allowed to open the box, read the love letters and rekindle the relationship.

this is really popular on pinterest and i had no idea it was a dutch tradition!

[Anonymous]

Those dresses are beautiful! I love learning about other cultures!

In the US we vary, because we're the big melting pot. People with other backgrounds even have 2 weddings, their traditional ceremony ) their ancestors culture) & a "white" weddings (american wedding with a white dress)

Some dress I like:

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Nigerian Traditional & White Wedding Example:
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[complicated_soul]

Nice, 👌

Our wedding dresses are similar to India's.

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Except we usually go with red or gold saree.
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[AmethystAngel]

Our traditional wedding dresses are red too, by the way I am an Indian.

[ElissaDido]

It's gorgeous here in Tunisia people adore south Asian dresses ( Indian/Pakistani) and they even wear them in special occasions!!! :)

[complicated_soul]

@AmethystAngel
Thanks for the correction! :)

@Takeowner
That's cool!💕❤

[fauchelevent]

We don't really have traditional wedding dresses in England, I don't think, we have a wide variety of styles. I think the ones we're most famous for are dresses such as these:

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[ThisDudeHere]

Here are some from Latvia that I found on Google
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[ElissaDido]

I really love the purity and simplicity of your traditional dresses!1! Thanks for sharing :)

[CocoRachelle]

Wow, nice Take! These dresses are gorgeous and I love learning about the history. Thank you for sharing. :)

There are many different styles over in the USA. Some of the more traditional silhouettes are:

Mermaid
A-Line
Ball-Gown
Sheath
Peplum
Empire

They even have some short dress styles. Traditional color is white, some wear cream or off white. I've seen non-traditional dresses in various colors like black, grey, blue, red, and purple.

Traditionally, they wear a veil. I like the up-do with a nice flower on one side, like near the ear.

[ElissaDido]

You're welcome :D I'm glad you like it ^_^
And thank you very much for sharing some of your traditional dresses :)!!!

[CocoRachelle]

No problem! Thank you again. :)

[Jxpxtxr]

Those one pieces look like european medieval dresses, so pretty!

Actual wedding dresses in Europe are pretty much the typical wedding dress, just white and kinda princess-like

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[BelleGirl21]

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My korean one was almost identical to this.
So pretty! I had 2 wedding dresses. A very classic form fitting white one and a korean wedding dress.

[HandsomeRaj]

We could have done with a pic of you in your bridal dress <3

[BelleGirl21]

@HandsomeRaj some things I'll keep to myself 😉

[HandsomeRaj]

Apologies beautiful girl :) my intention wasn't to be intrusive :D

[BelleGirl21]

@HandsomeRaj no offense taken at all. You were sweet to think about it!

[HandsomeRaj]

Thank you beautiful girl and like I always say, I'm sure it's not just me who thought about it - just that others don't probably dare to say it :D <3

[The_professor]

@bellegirl21 donot say that you wore one like this

[BelleGirl21]

Why? @The_professor

[The_professor]

i am just think chineese, japaneese, korean by generally east asia so strange even their clothes and food
they eat Cockroach? do u eat it?

[BelleGirl21]

@The_professor I think you're misinformed. And Korean, Chinese and Japanese food and clothing and cultures are very different

[The_professor]

maybe but i know japanese very clever
do u eat cockroach?

[BelleGirl21]

Of course not @The_professor

[MeghanL]

In the United States a traditional wedding dress is white, made of satin & perhaps lace. It may be of different lengths & different amounts of upper-body coverage, depending on the bride's tastes. They don't show a bare tummy but many do show a woman's neck shoulders & cleavage.

It should be noted that many Americans don't go with traditional wedding attire, however. There have been wedding dresses in Mossy Oak camoflage, black goth, & everything else you can imagine. There have been weddings on the beach where the bride wore a white bikini & a veil, maybe with a sarong.

[ArabianPwincess197]

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^That's what we wear in my culture

[zell0is0my0name]

The bridal dress looks so pretty :)

[ArabianPwincess197]

@zell0ismyname - thanks :)

[ArabianPwincess197]

@zell0is0my0name

[juliaanita]

The dresses are beautiful!
Maybe I should be married in Tunisia!

I am from the USA and I suspect that I will be wearing only a white gown and only for one day.. I am not married... yet.

I am waiting for him to ask though:)

Thanks for sharing.

[PiuBelloAmante]

All those women look beautiful but those dresses are even more stunning!
Seems like marriage is a big deal there =)
i met quite a few Tunisians on my visits to italy, good people

[springocelot]

we're mostly christians so the ladies just wear the regular white wedding dress
the guys wear these however:

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[AmethystAngel]

Here is an Indian wedding dress.

[YourFutureEx]

Aren't nose rings outdated?

[AmethystAngel]

No they are not, at least in Rajasthan. @YourFutureEx

by the way sorry for late reply.

[YourFutureEx]

Thanks for the information.

[Saydou]

in here they wear normal white gowns. sometimes like the 1st picture other times like the 2nd.

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[jacquesvol]

Look here:
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My ife did not wear a thing that traditional

[jacquesvol]

Some more here: www.google.com/search

And more: www.google.com/search

[lePoivre]

I don't think there really is a traditional American wedding dress. It's most likely borrowed from England =\ If I could make one though... I'd make it look like a quilt.

[VictoriousSausage]

being British, our weddings are that one that is painted as a typical wedding (white dress, men in suits, church, three tier cake and flowers)

[lljwedo]

you should have done better research tbh. these dosent add up at all.