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The marital mattress or krevati in Greek, is decorated for the wedding and money is thrown on it by the relatives of the new couple as a gift for their new beginning and common life. The bed making ceremony is usually done a couple of days before the wedding and the highlight of the day is the flipping of the baby. A baby is placed on the wedding bed as a symbol of fertility and blessing, a girl if the couple wants their first baby to be a girl, or a baby boy otherwise.
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Would you have a baby girl or a boy at your krevati ceremony?
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Filed under: Greek Customs (in Greece), Greek Wedding Tradition, Pre Wedding Rituals, The Bed / Krevati Tagged: baby, Bed Making Ceremony, Greek wedding, krevati, marital matress, tradition
