Not only rice for a wedding in a farmhouse in Tuscany
At Fattoria del Colle – country inn in Tuscany – wedding couples from al lover the world and of different religions often choose
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small hearts or bubbles as a wedding wish
At Fattoria del Colle every wedding is different. The location changes as does that of the banquet, the entrees and the cutting of the cake are also different…in other words every couple has a unique experience planned carefully in every detail. Wedding couples of every nationality and religion have different habits and traditions, so the usual throwing of rice after the ceremony becomes something else.
First of all, on the contrary to what happens inItaly, foreign wedding couples come
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out before everyone else form where the marriage has taken place and then they stop to greet relatives.
The moment the couple exits is solemn and usually underlined just like and maybe more than their entrance. For the photographs this is perfect!
It is consequently necessary to organize a space where to stop with a doorway or a staircase for the bouquet throwing.
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Those who choose the custom of throwing rice a sit intends to which the couple fertility and abundance (the tradition comes from China), usually prepare small packets with inside a handful of rice. It is not advisable to have baskets where one can dip into the hand, to throw at ones own desire. Usually children use too much, while the action must be symbolic and not a punishment for the wedding couple.
The paper horns of plenty are very beautiful, with the names of the wedding couple. As well as bringing good luck (the horn of plenty symbolises abundance) they prove the care of details which distinguish a well organized wedding.
In some nations the use of normal rice is prohibited because it could be harmful for the birds and is substituted by a mixture made with rice. Absolutely wonderful the small heart shapes to
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be distributed to the guests in small packets.
Often guests from northern Europe mix pasta with rose petals and through them upon the wedding couple after the ceremony.
More frequently they distribute bubbles. Quite a hippy solution but most apt for a villa in the countryside like Fattoria del Colle in southern Chianti. Other couples, especially from Sweden, prefer to conclude the ceremony with a toast and use it to start the party. To each his own!
By Donatella Cinelli Colombini