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Leap into marriage
It’s a leap year. And whilst you may consider yourself a modern woman, you may like to adopt a vintage marriage tradition this year.
It’s the girl’s turn
In a leap year, traditionally a woman may propose marriage to her man. The leap year marriage tradition was introduced centuries ago. According to folk lore, the leap day was an invented day to fix a discrepancy in the calendar. It was not considered a “real” day; it had no cultural status. Thus, the reasoning goes, social customs also had different reality status on that day too.
Leap Year Wedding proposals
Given the leap day was to fix a glitch, women thought they could fix an unjust glitch in social custom, freeing them up to pop the question to the man they adored.
How did the leap year marriage proposal begin?
The first documentation of this practice dates back to 1288, when Scotland supposedly passed a law that allowed women to propose marriage to the man of their choice in that year. Tradition states they also made it law that any man who declined a proposal in a leap year must also pay a fine. The fine could range from a kiss, to a silk dress or a pair of gloves. Now this wedding celebrant thinks that’s a win win situation!
So for women who tire of waiting for the bloke to ask for their hand in marriage, the leap year gives them a legitimate occasion to propose, to leap into their own power.
Or does your wardrobe need a few more frocks? Propose away girls.
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Married in purple
This was a cosy and intimate wedding and full of love…. AND the colour purple
Bianca and Christiaan married on the veranda of The Country House B & B homestead looking out from Hunchy, over the glorious flowered garden. We could see all the way to the coast over the trees. What a spectacular place is Hunchy tucked away from the world along an old track over the cattle grid and beyond. The Hunchy secret is discovered by Peter Pans and Mary’s seeking a retreat under the hills of Montville on the Range. Bianca and Christiaan found a country paradise for their Australian wedding.
They chose not to go with white for their wedding, but got married in purple instead.
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Purple wedding theme
Bianca’s favourite colour was definitely the theme of the day, complemented by bold pink and orange gerberas. And there were flowers everywhere; in lapels of each guest, in her hair, and woven lovingly through the slats of the veranda rails. She proved how absolutely stunning a bride can look without wearing a white wedding dress.
Christiaan cut a most handsome image as he waited for his bride. The bold colours suited their young and bold outlook on life, migrating to Australia to make a family life.[/vc_column_text][vc_single_image image=”39853″ img_size=”large” alignment=”center”][vc_column_text]
Prayer in Afrikaans
Originally from South Africa, Bianca and Christiaan wished to include in their ceremony something reflective of marriage back home. They requested a prayer be read in Afrikaans.
So this celebrant takes herself off to learn how to pronounce Afrikaans!
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Purple jacaranda blossoms for the wedding
As they walked away from their hinterland wedding ceremony, we noticed the road was strewn with jacaranda blossoms.
It was a perfect purple day!
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