![]() Breaking a ceramic plate at a vort is customary, symbolizing the permanence of marriage and mirroring the breaking of a glass at a Jewish wedding. Ī Jewish engagement party is known as a vort ( Yiddish: word). It was an oral contract, between the man who gave the woman in marriage, generally the father and the groom. ![]() In ancient Greece, an engagement party was a commercial transaction. Therefore, it was not a traditional gift-giving occasion, as none of the guests were supposed to be aware of the engagement until after their arrival. The engagement party had the purpose of sharing the engagement news with family members and friends. ![]() ![]() Originally, engagement parties had the appearance of normal parties at which the father of the bride-to-be made a surprise announcement of the engagement to his guests, which was ecclesiastically solemnized in a rite of betrothal at a church, according to Christian customs. ![]()
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