In Spain, brides have to / don't have to wear a white dress.
don't have to (brides may choose to wear black, silk dresses instead of big white gowns)
Animals mustn't / must be present at a traditional Filipino wedding.
must (release a pair of white doves into the air to symbolize a long, happy, and harmonious life together)
Swedish brides have to / don't have to wear a flower crown on a wedding day.
have to (they replace a typical tiara or veil with flowers)
According to the tradition, guests have to / don't have to throw oranges at the married couple.
don't have to (they have to throw confetti = sugar-coated almonds)
In Japan, traditional weddings must / don't have to include a sake-drinking ceremony.
must (bride and groom, dressed in traditional Japanese kimono, both drink sake)
In Congo, bride and groom must / mustn't smile during the wedding ceremony.
mustn't (if they do, it would mean they aren't serious about marriage)
In Cuba, all guests must / don't have to take part in a money dance.
don't have to (only men who dance with the bride must pin money to her dress to help the couple pay for their wedding)
Brides in India have to / don't have to make a tattoo before the wedding.
have to (it's common for Indian women to have their skin painted with henna in tattoo fashion)
In France, a bride has to / doesn't have to wear “something old, something new, something borrowed, something blue and a silver sixpence in her shoe".
doesn't have to (this tradition is from English folklore)
In China, the tradition says people must / mustn't cry before the wedding.
must (the bride starts crying a month before her wedding, with mothers, grandmothers, sisters and aunts joining in the crying ceremony along the way)
