Have you ever wonder why we throw the bouquet? Why we have bridesmaids? What the importance of the veil is? We’ve had a look into these standard traditions to get to the bottom of their significance in your wedding! 1. The Bride and Groom Why are we called the bride, and our betrothed the groom? Bride originates from the old high German word brūt which translates to brew or to make broth, and groom is the shortened version of ‘bridegroom’ which means a man who will soon or has recently been marr