Wedding Dresses
Instead of white, Amish brides choose to wear blue (or, on rare occasions, purple or green). This dress and the dresses for her bridesmaids known as “newehockers” are usually created by the bride herself. This dress becomes the woman’s main church garment after the wedding, and it’s normally what she’s buried in when she dies. And speaking of weddings…
Wedding Dresses
Symbolic Food
At an Amish wedding, celery is one of the most symbolically significant foods. It’s used to make soup and a variety of other dishes and decorate vases and tables in place of flowers. In reality, celery is used so often in wedding ceremonies that a family is starting to develop. Some are often taken as a sign that they are planning a wedding before the engagement has been made public.
Symbolic Food
