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IT IS THE CUSTOM AT WEDDINGS TO THROW RICE AT THE BRIDE
AND GROOM AS THEY LEAVE THE CHURCH. THE RICE IS A
SYMBOL OF FERTILITY AND SO THIS THROWING OF RICE IS
A HOPE THAT THE NEWLY MARRIED COUPLE HAVE CHILDREN.
Submitter comment: LEARNED THIS A FEW YEARS AGO.
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Marriage Rice |
Date learned: 12-02-1967