Wedding Bouquet Toss

Was just reading Shing’s blog & i realized that I forgot to post one of the videos’ from Jerblinn’s wedding.  Tradition has it that the single gal and guy that catch the bouquet and garter will be the next in line to marry. Asian Singles are not used to this custom, and normally much persuasion must be exercised to get all the single women up to the Wedding bouquet Toss area.

The tossing of the bridal bouquet is a custom that roots in England and was believed to be a way for the bride to pass along her good fortune to others. Bridal guests would try and tear away pieces of the bride’s clothing and flowers in order to obtain this fortune. In attempt to get away from this tearing of her gown, the bride would toss her bouquet into the crowd. As tradition says, the single lady who catches the bouquet has received the bride’s fortune and will be next in line to marry.

Some brides chose to have a different bouquet designed especially for tossing. This way the woman who catches it will be able to preserve this precious keepsake forever. If you do decide to have a different bouquet designed you might want to consider using silk flowers. Although fresh flowers are beautiful, they sadly do not last forever. On the other hand, quality silk flowers do last if cared for properly.

The Wedding bouquet toss is one of the wedding traditions that Singaporeans started practicing in recent times. It’s slowly being seen in most Singaporean weddings but, you must remember that as Chinese, so we are used to things like a traditional tea ceremony.

Was trying to find a picture of myself giving the tea…but could not find them!

But here’s a picture of myself in 2001.

  hmm…Looks like I was very much skinnier!

Anyway…Here’s the wedding bouquet toss!