What is an Italian or Sicilian wedding like?

Question

Just curious, I'd love to go to one. From what I've seen it seems so cultured and fun. Is it? And what are some traditions?

Answer 1

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More glamourous and rich that the ones from Uk or Us

Answer 2

Italian weddings vary from place to place and from family to family. Especially in the south (Sicily) you will find huge weddings with 500 people, but more intimate weddings, with 50 to 100 guests are becoming more common everywhere. Tradition wants the bride to wear a white dress, but also this is slowly changing and you will see brides in cream, light pink, blue or even red gowns. The groom also dresses elegantly. The wedding takes place either in a church (religious wedding) or in the town hall, and is usually followed by an important reception with4 or five courses and a wedding cake. Dowry is no longer in use. Fiancees nowadays prepare a "lista nozze": they pick the presents they would like to receive at a certain store, and guests can buy their present choosing from this list, which includes china, domestic appliances, etc etc. Many newly wed get to the wedding after years of living together, and therefore do not need household items and prefer to have their lista nozze at a travel agency, asking as a present a honeymoon to be remembered forever.
A few traditions involved in the Italian wedding: the groom should not see the bride's gown before the day of the wedding, as it brings bad luck. The groom sends the bouquet of flowers the bride will use on the date of the wedding. The wedding cake is cut at the end of the meal by the bride and groom and consumed as a dessert. Confetti (sugar coated almonds - in uneven number) are handed out to the guests after the reception and Bomboniere (little presents to remember the event) are given to all the people participating to the cerimony or to those who sent a present.

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I'm Italian

Answer 3

I've been to several weddings, all of them quite different.
Some just go to the town hall and are done with it in half an hour, then they invite people to a formal or informal party somewhere, I remember a party held in an open disco on the seaside.
Some of them have a religious wedding in a church, which is bound to last nearly two hours.
The choice of the restaurant is important, now it's quite "in vogue" to rent a mansion somewhere where you can have both the dinner and the party.

About Sicily, I've never been there (I live in the north) but I guess they too have different options to choose from, though some traditions are more deeply rooted in the south of Italy.

Answer 4

usually there's a lot of well-dressed ppl. we eat and have fun for hours XD like...all the day (if it is celebrated in the morning)

ciao

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ps. btw sicily is not another country...it's still italy XD lol

Answer 5

Why does everybody ask "italian or sicilian"???? SICILY IS IN ITALY!!! and why should other italian regions be different???

Answer 6

Sicily is in Italy but there is a lot of difference between the north and the south!! culture is different!

Answer 7

It's not just like in The godfather..

Answer 8

Oh, it is so grand, I have never been to one. The woman saves up her dowry, and then buys the most grand dress she can afford. Then the man will buy his best suit he can. The place will be covered in flowers of all colors... mostly all pink and white. There will be a kiss, and a happy dance, just like in America, and some sweets. Sometimes cakes, but not like grand and great. Are you planning to go to Italy or Sicilan?