One of the popular customs at Greek weddings is to throw rice. The word rice is rizi, which is also the root word for "rizono" and it means "to grow roots". When Greek wedding goers throw rice at the newlyweds they are wishing them a deep rooted and stable life together.
My friend's niece (who was the bride) -similar to my wedding wishes 20 years ago-, had asked that rice throwing be limited and if possibly avoided. Greeks are natural born teasers so the wedding audience enjoyed watching the brother of the bride and other close relatives shower the couple with several bags of rice after they had officially been pronounced husband and wife.
Debriefing
- Flubberwinkle
- Athens, Greece
- Half of the day they call me "Athena" where I get paid to dabble with computers. The other half of the day I'm called "Mom", but I also have an online secret identity. I am bilingual, so what might look like Greek to you, probably is. I blog because it's cheaper than therapy and I like to make people laugh.
