Bride price: traditional and original scenarios

Redemption of the bride is not only an old Russian tradition, many hundreds of years old, but also a great way to start a wedding with a cheerful and fervent event. The scenario is usually prepared by the witness, but they help her in this difficult matter of the girlfriend. The options to conduct a ransom are many, most importantly, to choose one that will suit both the venue and the general style of the wedding.

By the time the ransom of the bride should last no more than 40 minutes, otherwise it will take too long, and the groom and his friends will tire of answering endless questions and taking part in competitions. Therefore, count the program correctly, because in front of young marriages and feasts. Do not forget that the video of the bride's ransom must necessarily enter the wedding film, so take care of who will shoot the whole action.

Scenarios for the bride's redemption

Traditional

In this scenario, everything is simple. The girlfriends meet the groom and his attendants at the entrance to the house or at the gate, if the ransom takes place in a private house. They say welcome words and offer to answer a lot of questions, which are written, for example, on the traces of traces spread out along the route to the bride. Questions can be:

• How did you meet?
• How many years of future mother-in-law?
• What is the bride's favorite color?
• How many centimeters is her waist or what is her height?
• How many days have you known each other?
• Where did you kiss your first time?
• How many days has passed since you proposed to her?

For every incorrect or incoherent answer the groom should pay the girlfriends a fine.

The most popular contest is the filling of three glasses. The witness asks the groom to fill three glasses in a specific way. In the first it should rustle, in the second it is ringing loudly, and in the third - zazhurchat. That is, you should put paper bills in the first container, put a handful of coins in the second, and fill the third with champagne.

Then the groom is usually handed a daisy from paper and, tearing off each petal, he lists the virtues of his beloved.

The traditional scenario of bride price purchase provides for standard competitions and actions, however, depending on the witness's talent, it can be very fun. However, remember that you should not come up with too complicated tasks. But it's not worth it to make it easy for the groom to go to the bride, since the wedding without foreclosure is losing some of its traditional fun.

In the end, the groom can be asked to guess what kind of imprint of the lips belongs to his girlfriend. For this, on a sheet of A4 size, lip prints are left in the lipstick of not only the girlfriend, but also, for example, the relatives of the bride of a male. For the mistake again have to pay.

The last ransom in redemption is already at the door of the bride. On the inner side, three women, together with the culprit of the celebration, tie ribbons to the fingers. And their ends are exposed through the door. The groom should guess which ribbon belongs to his bride, and pull for it. If he made a mistake in choosing, he will be forced to buy up a bride with a large sum.

Medical

First of all, on the door of the house you need to write in large letters: quarantine. Thus, the bridegroom, in order to be admitted to the bride, will have to undergo a comic physical examination from girlfriends dressed in white robes. You can start with a doctor-oculist, who, checking his vision, will begin to torture the groom, which means those or other dates memorable for the young.

ENT checks the strength of the groom's voice. His loud cry with the words: "I love you" or "Darling, come out to me sooner" should hear the whole district. Naturally, the help of friends is accepted with gratitude.

A specialist in cardiac affairs questions how much the guy is sick with love.

A psychotherapist will offer to undergo a psychological test. The young should paint the portrait of his beloved as colorful as possible.

The medical-style ransom scenario ends with the conclusion of a therapist who takes money from the groom for a certificate and sends it to the pharmacist. The latter prescribes a medicine with the name of the bride.

From the requisites for the bride's ransom will be required:

• white robes in terms of the number taking part in the fun;
• paper A4 and pens, colored markers;
• A phonendoscope that can be borrowed from a children's toy set;
• tools from the same set for checking throat, hammer and thermometer.

Fairy

This scenario is best organized to buy a bride in a private house, since large areas are required. By the way, our ancestors adored this variant, accompanying the action with poetic texts, so that the fairy-tale bride price can be called Russian wedding ceremony.

At the gate there are three stones on the inside. Each symbolizes different ways to marriage: by coercion, by necessity and by love. To choose the last groom will have to pay off the first two.

Further along the way, girlfriends come up with obstacles. They pull ropes, offering the groom to fly them, and if they can not, then pay, make him and his friends whistle to disperse the evil spirits.

The original contest for the bride's redemption will be to overcome the fiery river in the footsteps on which the desires of the girls are written, in the performance of which the groom's friends can help.

In fact, non-standard competitions can come up with a huge amount. Find out what kind of fairy tale the bride loves most, and develop the script according to her tastes. In the clothes of girlfriends must be present fabulous motifs: crowns, mermaid wigs, magic wands, veil cloaks. If the ransom of the bride takes place in the winter, then New Year's motives with tinsel and fur coats of Snow Maidens will not harm either.

A fabulous buy-out scenario ends with a search for a key. Or shoes if a bride is planned to be bought in the style of a Cinderella fairy tale. Do not forget that for every mistake the groom pays with money, sweets and champagne.

Quest

In this scenario, the bride needs a video to accompany for sure. First the groom is sent a video with the news that his beloved was kidnapped. And, guided by hints that are hidden in various places memorable for the couple, he and his friends must figure out where the kidnappers are holding the captive.

Do not over complicate the task so that friends do not have to rush to different parts of the city from 6 in the morning in search of parts of the puzzle. Although, if the bride and groom are fanatical fans of the quests, then the script writer can turn around and not limit himself in anything. The event promises to be very cheerful and dynamic.

To the note: By the way, the ransom of a bride in the style of a quest is not a new-fangled phenomenon. If you look at the wedding traditions of the world , you can take note of the Italian script, according to which brides were abducted in the Middle Ages. And the grooms had to sing serenades and pay for the return of their narrowed.

Court

Ideas for the bride's ransom can be very diverse. And the joke court session is a smart option to hold this event.

The charge of obscene behavior is read by the witness, who is wearing a black cloak. She tells how immoral the groom acted, sticking to the girl, not giving her a pass, forcing her to go on dates. After the confession is recognized, a number of investigative experiments are under way, on which the groom is looking for a key, proving his ability to remember memorable dates, guessing riddles. Verdict will be life sentence in marriage.

Requisites for the bride's redemption in the style of the court will be the judicial mantle, hammer and things for the competitions. It would be nice to make a white wig for the judge.

Posters for bride repurchase

Naturally, the tradition of buying a bride implies not only the existence of a script, but also appropriate design. If the ransom is held in a private house, then placards can decorate the site and the fence. If in a high-rise building, then the walls of the entrance. Posters for bride's redemption are sold in a store with wedding attributes, but drawn by own hands or made in a graphic editor on a computer, and then printed, they will look much more original. On posters put photos of young, parents, friends, maybe images dear to the hearts of lovers.

Variants of inscriptions for bride's redemption posters:

In this room, the brown-eyed (green-eyed, blue-eyed) girl is languishing.

Here we sell the bride,

Very expensive we take!

Do not want - as you want!

We always find a bridegroom!

When there is not enough words in love, they make an offer!

Wait, the groom!

Are you rushing to the bride?

With you I will not joke.

Take leave at this very spot

pay me a generous ransom.

We cherish the bride!

Just do not give up!

On the bride do not stint, money put out!

But do not want to, work!

And guess the answer!

Saving here is out of place,

redeem the bride groom!

Hey, fiance, do not be mean!

Bride for the bride!

Until you hear a sweet ears,

Sing us merry chastushki,

But you can not laugh,

will have to pay money.

Do you want to get a wife?

Sing us a song, at least one!

The original scenarios of bride price and the most traditional unites one: every mistake of the groom is accompanied by the devastation of his pockets and the purses of friends. In addition to money, you can use cards with promises, decorations, sweets and alcohol.

Thematic ransom of the bride should be selected for a specific pair. If young people are fans of computer games, an interesting solution is to take the story of one of them. Even the passion for paintball can be beaten in the scenario of the bride's redemption. The main goal is not to collect a round sum of money, but to have fun, to remember the memorable dates for young people, to hear confessions of love. Then they will go to the wedding ceremony happy and happy, forgetting about the unrest that usually accompanies this day.