I'm Norwegian, and this is a little misleading. Most brides wear the usual white dresses. But wedding guests often wear our traditional dresses, and they vary greatly in different parts of the country. And IF a bride wears a traditional dress, called "bunad", the groom also often wears the male "bunad". :)
#4 That's a "gakti", it's sort of an "all-round" piece of clothing and not only for weddings. It is (was) worn on most any occasion from herding reindeer to, well, weddings. Nowadays it's mostly used as an alternative form of formal wear #15 The female is wearing a "bunad" (specifically a Nordlandsbunad) , also an alternative form of formal wear, not really something a bride would wear, the fuggboi is wearing something he picked up at a landfill. [/nerd]
I'm Norwegian, and this is a little misleading. Most brides wear the usual white dresses. But wedding guests often wear our traditional dresses, and they vary greatly in different parts of the country. And IF a bride wears a traditional dress, called "bunad", the groom also often wears the male "bunad". :)
#4 That's a "gakti", it's sort of an "all-round" piece of clothing and not only for weddings. It is (was) worn on most any occasion from herding reindeer to, well, weddings. Nowadays it's mostly used as an alternative form of formal wear #15 The female is wearing a "bunad" (specifically a Nordlandsbunad) , also an alternative form of formal wear, not really something a bride would wear, the fuggboi is wearing something he picked up at a landfill. [/nerd]
That's a "gakti", it's sort of an "all-round" piece of clothing and not only for weddings. It is (was) worn on most any occasion from herding reindeer to, well, weddings. Nowadays it's mostly used as an alternative form of formal wear
#15
The female is wearing a "bunad" (specifically a Nordlandsbunad) , also an alternative form of formal wear, not really something a bride would wear, the fuggboi is wearing something he picked up at a landfill.
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