When a Slovak bridal procession made their way to the church from the bride’s house, they were very loud. The more noise they made, the better. But why did they do it? It was believed that noise scared away the evil spirits. Slovak people are rather superstitious and they have always believed in evil spirits who try to harm people. It was considered that the bride was vulnerable during her walk to the wedding ceremony because she had already left her house and its protection and hadn’t yet reached her new house and new family. So, it was a dangerous time for the bride and she needed the protection of the crowd, her wedding procession.

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