Three Steps to Happiness
Lithuanian wedding traditions go back hundreds of years and many of today’s customs can be traced back to long ago. A Lithuanian wedding is traditionally broken up into three parts. Firstly, there’s the matchmaker who brings the couple together and organizers the dowry. Then there’s the wedding ceremony, which is made up of several very specific customs. And finally there’s the ‘atgrztai’, which means the ‘coming back’, the bride and groom return to bride’s parents home, where the bride is welcomed as a guest rather than as a member of the family.
