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Many Italian wedding traditions are differences with American weddings which are primarily based on 19th century British Victorian traditions. Italian-Americans have incorpaorates some of the wider American traditions. Less so in Italy itself where many far older traditiins continue to be populasr. Bridesmaids and best men are part of the British Victorian tradition. In Italy, the couple select witnesses, or testimoni. As is common in other European wedding traditionss, the wedding begins wih the bride's father escorting her down the aisle, And after the wedding, the guests throw rice onto the couple's heads. his was an ancient ritual to wish fertility, but declining for ecological reasons. Italians have centuries if not millenia of wedding traditions to draw upon. Many Italian weddings involve some of these traditions. There are variations, some more popular than ithers in various regions. Sometimes the bride will not wear gold because it was thought to bring bad luck. Another traditiion is for the groom to carry a small piece of iron, a harbingr of good luck. Sometimes couples walk up to the church altar together. Sometimes the groom provides a bouquet to the bride. Another Italian tradition is to tie a huge ribbon across the chirch entrance. Thuis may be the origins of the phrase 'tying the knot' We see some weddings in which the women wear folk costumes. The wedding here is a good example (figure 1).
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