The rowan bunch in Russia has always symbolized the family hearth that keeps the fire of love, and therefore the wedding, also called cypress, cast iron, and in Germany - sugar, is celebrated after 6 years of living together.
Traditions of cast-iron or rowan wedding
The most famous custom , preserved to this day, is a kind of demonstration of the accuracy of the keeper of the home. So, it was customary to demonstrate to the invited dishes, pots made of cast iron. It was done to show guests how tidy the hostess of the house is, how she keeps clean. It was explained by the fact that if after 6 years, and this is the date of a cast-iron or rowan wedding, the kitchen utensils are still as glittering as on the day of her marriage, which means that the spouse is very clean.
The custom of the "white glove" is associated with the date of the rowan wedding. It was accepted on this day to invite my mother-in-law, who should have checked the cleanliness of the house. She was given white gloves. She examined the furthest places of the dwelling. If there was not a single speck of dust, the daughter-in-law remained, let's say, an economic woman.
As you know, it was always considered worthy of respect for the family, if the boy became the first-born in it. So, in the Baltic countries it was customary on the day of the wedding anniversary to give a married couple a rowan bunch, thanks to which a woman will have a son.
It is worth noting that the French call this triumph candy and therefore give the couple a house of candy and biscuits.
How and when is the rowan wedding celebrated?
It is generally accepted that feasts should be arranged for jubilee, round dates, and therefore the rowan celebration should be modest, in a narrow family circle. On the table, tea and a round pie with meat stuffing, called "Chugunk", are mandatory. To create it, simply knead the dough with yeast, laying on top of it a meat filling, which, by the way, can be supplemented with finely chopped vegetables. Serve everything in a small cast-iron frying pan.
If you wish, safely go out of town, into nature, arranging a romantic dinner for each other. Do not forget to strengthen family happiness, together make jewelry for your holiday. This can be garlands of rowan branches, drawings, painting on wood. Decorate the house with candlesticks, a fireplace grate made of cast iron. Decorate your clothes with ashberry elements.
As for entertainment, give preference to family games like lotto, "Crocodile", the manufacture of hand-made articles, team competitions, etc.
Gifts for rowan wedding
Address to masters of the business. Let them make you fireplace sets, unsurpassed beauty candlesticks, coasters for flower pots, cigarette case, coffee table, photo frames, metal chest.
For the hostess of the house will be very handy set of cookware with non-stick coating. This, after all, is an indispensable thing in the kitchen. Emphasize the husbandry's economy by a bread maker, steamer, vacuum cleaner .
Do not forget about such a practical and indispensable inventory for outdoor recreation, like a brazier.
If the spouses have a country house, make them happy with park furniture, a fireplace, tracery plates, fences, a lock. Do not forget that rowan wedding is also called cypress, because as a symbolic gift, choose ikebana, a small house tree, etc.
In the decorative casting shop you can order a cast-iron sculpture of a married couple.
Whatever the gift, give it together with rowan bunches, symbols of family happiness.