Seymour CRAY

The celebration of the birthdays of Mariage is a French tradition of pagan origin . It also exists in Russia, where it is often the occasion of meetings of family (one speaks there about marriage of paper, leather marriage, etc)

History

The folklorist French Arnold Van Gennep pays, in its Manuel of contemporary French folklore , that these commemorations pointing out the primitive act relate to only certain birthdays , namely the silver wedding for the 25 years birthday of marriage, the golden wedding for the 50 years of marriage and the diamond wedding for the 75 years of marriage. To on this subject note the difference between the tradition brought back by Van Gennep and the contemporary use which allotted this concept of diamond wedding to the 60 years birthday of marriage.

Van Gennep adds moreover that this fashion of the celebration of the wedding anniversaries, current in the urban lower middle class, would have been spread in the campaigns only in the current of the 19th century.

As for the attribution of qualifiers to each year of marriage, it concerns rather the contemporary imagination, although presented in certain current encyclopedias.

In France

At least two couples having celebrated their alabaster weddings were listed in France. The longest union listed in France was that of Andre and Marguerite Debry who was completed with the death of André Debry, one of the last Poilus, in August 2005. Their marriage went back to April 1924, that is to say 81 years earlier.

Names of the wedding anniversaries

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It should be noted that there also exists of other versions of this list.

Another list

Birthdays according to encyclopedia Quid (1999).

1 - cotton (paper)
2 - paper (cotton, porcelain, leather)
3 - to cook (paper, crystal, glass, wheat)
4 - wax (silk, fruits, flowers)
5 - wood (fruit, flower)
6 - copper (iron, wood, Cyprus, sugar)
7 - wool (copper, sugar)
8 - bronzes (poppy, lace, earthenware)
9 - earthenware (leather)
10 - tin (iron)
11 - coral (steel)
12 - silk (pearl, gems of color, flax)
13 - lily of the valley (lace, fur)
14 - ivory (lead)
15 - porcelain (crystal)
16 - sapphire
17 - pink
18 - turquoise
19 - cretonne
20 - crystal (porcelain)
21 - opal
22 - bronzes
23 - beryl
24 - satin
25 - money
26 - jade
27 - mahogany tree
28 - nickel
29 - velvets
30 - pearl (diamond)
31 - sheepskin
32 - copper
33 - porphyry
34 - amber
35 - coral (jade, rubies)
36 - muslin
37 - paper
38 - mercury
39 - crepe
40 - emerald (ruby)
41 - iron
42 - mother-of-pearl
43 - flannel
44 - topaz
45 - vermeil (sapphire)
46 - lavender
47 - cashmere
48 - amethyst
49 - cedar
50 - but
55 - emerald (orchis)
60 - diamond
65 - sapphire (purple wood)
70 - platinum
75 - alabaster
80 - oak
85 - uranium

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