There are two explanations for understanding the origin of the word “wedding” and their meanings. The first and best known of them attributes the term to Latin, more specifically to the word “vota” (plural of “votum”), which means promise. Over time and influences from other languages, “v”, “b” and the pronunciations got confused, transforming “vota” into “boda”.
In addition, it is known that in ancient German settlements, it was tradition to offer couples who completed 25 years of marriage a silver crown, and a gold one to those who reached 50 years of marriage.
Nowadays, and especially in western culture, the wedding different names, each of which is related to a certain year to celebrate the wedding anniversary🇧🇷 The names, most of the time, refer to food, drinks, materials, from nature or not, trees and precious stones, as varied symbologies to represent fragility, novelty and resistance.
For example, the paper anniversary, which represent the couple’s first year after the union became official, have to do with paper being one of the most fragile materials in existence, which can be destroyed at any time. Already the ten years of marriage, known as Wedding Rings in Zinc or Tinrefer to the fact that tin is a malleable metal, and zinc is protective against the action of iron.
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Among the most popular and celebrated weddings out there are those of Silver (25 years old) and Gold (50 years), which usually lead to large parties prepared by couples, in addition to the renewal of wedding vows and even the exchange of old rings for new ones.
Below we list all the wedding anniversary, from the first year to the 75th.
Wedding of what? Know the name of each year of marriage celebrated:
First year of marriage – Paper Wedding
Two years – Cotton Wedding
Three years – Wedding of Wheat or Leather
Four years – Wedding of Flowers and Fruits or of Wax
Five years – Wood or Iron Wedding
Six years – Wedding of Perfume or Sugar
Seven years – Wedding of Brass or Wool
Eight years old – Poppy or Clay Wedding
Nine years – Ceramic or Wicker Wedding Anniversary
Ten years – Tin or Zinc Wedding
11 years of marriage – Steel Wedding
12 years – Wedding of Onyx
13 years old – Lace or Linen wedding
14 years old – Wedding of Ivory
15 years – Crystal Wedding
16 years old – Wedding of Tourmaline
17 years old – Wedding of Roses
18 years old – Turquoise wedding
19 years old – Aquamarine or Cretonne Wedding
20 years – Porcelain Wedding
21 years of marriage – Wedding of Zircon
22 years old – Tableware Wedding
23 years old – Wedding of Straw
24 years – Wedding of Opal
25 years – Silver Anniversary
26 years old – Wedding of Alexandrite
27 years old – Wedding of Chrysopazio
28 years – Wedding of Hematite
29 years old – Weed Wedding
30 years – Pearl Wedding
31 years of marriage – Wedding of Nacar
32 years – Wedding of Pine
33 years old – Wedding of Crizopala
34 years old – Wedding of Oliveira
35 years – Coral Wedding
36 years old – Wedding of Cedar
37 years old – Wedding of Aventurine
38 years – Oak Wedding
39 years – Wedding of Marble
40 years – Ruby or Emerald Wedding
41 years of marriage – Wedding of Silk
42 years – Golden Silver Anniversary
43 years old – Wedding of Azeviche
44 years old – Carbonate Anniversary
45 years – Sapphire or Platinum Anniversary
46 years – Wedding of Alabaster
47 years old – Wedding of Jasper
48 years – Wedding of Granite
49 years – Wedding of Heliotrope
50 years – the famous Golden Anniversary
51 years of marriage – Bronze Anniversary
52 years – Wedding of Clay
53 years – Wedding of Antimony
54 years – Wedding of Nickel
55 years – Wedding of Amethyst
56 years – Wedding of Malachite
57 years – Wedding of Lapis Lazuli
58 years – Wedding of Glass
59 years – Cherry Wedding
60 years – Diamond or Jade Wedding
61 years of marriage – Copper Wedding
62 years – Wedding of Rosemary or Tellurite
63 years – Wedding of Sandalwood or Lilac
64 years – Wedding of Fabulita
65 years – Wedding of the Black Pearl
66 years old – Wedding of Ebony
67 years old – Snow Wedding
68 years old – Wedding of Lead
69 years – Wedding of Mercury
70 years – Wedding of Wine
71 years of marriage – Wedding of Zinc
72 years – Wedding of Oats
73 years – Wedding of Marjoram
74 years – Wedding of Apple tree
75 years – Brilliant or Alabaster Wedding
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