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Slovak-Croatian wedding, which did not lack emotions, love and passion.
I'm not going to lie to you, I was very tempted to go get my camera and take some pictures. However, my other side spoke, I put the camera away and went to enjoy it to the fullest. I succeeded in doing that and I took away some indescribable experiences.
Wedding charged me with inspiration. Since it was a foreign wedding, I would say that it was expected that they wouldn't have the same traditional things at the wedding as they do at ours. Most of the wedding, was different, new to me, but there was something of our traditional about this wedding as well.
What may be considered a late hour at ceremony, in Croatia meant time to meet before the ceremony. Around three o'clock a meeting was scheduled at the restaurant. At first, we met only the guests. Later, after the first look and bridal portraits, the bride and groom graced us with their visit. The whole arrival was accompanied by accordion players and singing.
Parade in the streets of Zadar
The move to the church had immense charm. Why, you ask? It was a procession led by the bride, groom, witnesses and last but not least the accordion players who beautifully completed the already magical atmosphere. You're still waiting to see when the ceremony was though... We're getting close. The parade was in the heart of Zadar, we walked through the beautiful old town and Croatian music sounded in the streets. I'd almost forgotten a very important point. Before the wedding, the flag bearers were elected and they had a clear role throughout the wedding. To wave the flags at one hundred and six. You can imagine the emotion it gave to the procession. Just imagine. Croatian songs were sung, stopping periodically so that everyone could take part in that beautiful moment, with the flags flying in the air, two countries intertwined in one beautiful and strong love of two special people.
They said YES!
Upon arrival at the church, the ceremony followed. If you are trying to guess what time it might have been, sit down. The service started at six o'clock. Yes, it's downright unpredictable to us, but there it was the order of the day. The ceremony was emotional as it was otherwise, but what followed after the ceremony.. ohh... We as guests formed an aisle in front of the church that completed a semicircle. Everyone who stood in the semicircle was given a flare to hold. As the bride and groom walked down the aisle the flares were lit. When the newlyweds came into the semicircle, we closed the circle and just danced, sang, and had fun. It was so powerful, beautiful, emotional.
Then we moved on to the banquet. The parade continued, just a little differently. A procession of cars formed through Zadar. Crossing the threshold was not like ours. First went the guys with the flags, followed by the witnesses and then came the most important ones, the bride and groom. As for dinner, it wasn't like ours, three courses and a second dinner after ten. Dinner was divided into five courses, which were separated by dance entrances. This meant that after the first course we went dancing for half an hour/hour and then the next course came and it was like this all evening. The dj took turns with the accordion players, which added to the atmosphere. As otherwise there was no shortage of entertainment.
I could write for a very long time. However, my goal was not to describe to you in this article the exact wedding schedule to the dot. I focused mainly on the things that caught my eye and took my breath away. I love our traditional weddings, but it was lovely to get a glimpse of foreign ones as well.
I hope that this article has stirred at least as much emotion in you as it did in me. 🙂
