Figure 1.--Nost Italian marriages until after Word War II were Church weddings. After the War civil marriages became more common. The image here shows a civil wedding, probably during the 1950s.
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Figure 1.--Nost Italian marriages until after Word War II were Church weddings. After the War civil marriages became more common. The image here shows a civil wedding, probably during the 1950s. |
While most Italianns are Catholic most no longer practice their religion. This is reflected in Italian wedddings. Most Italians have Church weddings regardless of the extent of their relgious convictions. This was cerainly the case before the 1947 Constitution, but even continues to be the case today. There was of course a wide range of Church weddings. Some were quite formal affairs with very elaborate formal clothing. Others held by families of modest incomes were much less elaborate affairs with only the bride and groom dressing up. Even modest affairs involved a procession, although this custom ha since World War II gradually gone out of fashion. We do not yet have a great deal of information on Italian weddings, but have begun to collect information. Nost Italian marriages until after Word War II were Church weddings. After the War civil marriages became more common.
While most Italianns are Catholic most no longer practice their religion. This is reflected in Italian wedddings.
Most Italians have Church weddings regardless of the extent of their relgious convictions. This was cerainly the case before the 1947 Constitution, but even continues to be the case today. There was of course a wide range of Church weddings. Some were quite formal affairs with very elaborate formal clothing. Others held by families of modest incomes were much less elaborate affairs with only the bride and groom dressing up.
Even modest affairs often involved a procession, especially in rural villages. This custom has since World War II gradually gone out of fashion. The wedding procession ( corteo nuziale ). In some Italian villages there was the tradition of wedding parade. The bride went to church accompanied from their father. The bridegroom followed accompanied from mother-in law. We note a procession in Caprarica, in southern Italy near Bari, in 1950s or early 1960s. It is a goof example of a wedding procession. It was summertime. At the sides of parade there are village children in their "casual" clothing. Usually they are barefoot; someone just in underwear. Since late 1960s this tradition has disappeared.
We do not yet have a great deal of information on Italian weddings, but have begun to collect information. Nost Italian marriages until after Word War II were Church weddings. After the War civil marriages became more common. The image here shows a civil wedding, probably during the 1950s (figure 1).
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