Wedding Traditions around the World

Wedding Traditions around the World

Strange, but true.
by Michellan Alagao | May 15, 2019

via Photo by Christian Diaz on Unsplash

Remember that campy horror film with Kris Aquino? Superstitious siblings plan their weddings to be at least one year apart in the Philippines. That’s because of sukob, a wedding tradition/superstition which claims that siblings should not get married within the same year as doing so will bring bad luck.

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Michellan Alagao

Michellan Alagao has been a freelance writer and editor for the past seven years, and has written articles on art, culture and lifestyle for a variety of magazines and websites in her free time. She graduated London Metropolitan University with a BSc in Psychology and Criminology, and went on to complete her MFA in Creative Writing from De La Salle University, Manila. She currently works for a global organization that protects the poor from violence, focusing specifically against the sexual exploitation of women and children.