1. Building EUROPE
Together
A Comenius Project (Multilateral Partnership) with
partners from Portugal (coordinator), Czech
Republic, Romania, Turkey, Poland and Spain

2. Weddings

3. Introduction
Nowadays, religion is not as important as it
used to be in people´s lives.
The weddings have changed in the past 50
years. In the past everything was pure and
innocent, and now the weddings are original
and very far from the traditional ones.

4. TRADITINAL
WEDDINGS

5. Differences
One of the factors that has changed more in the
last decades are the weddings. In the past, a
wedding was the most important moment in
the life of a person, but now it is secondary, and
it’s like a mere celebration.

6. Dresses now
• The dresses have also changed. Now are more
original, and there are a lot of types and
styles.

7. Old Rings
• One of the most important things in a wedding
is the ring. In the past they were simple and
modest, and had engraved the names of the
groom and the bride and the date. They were
usually made of gold.

8. Modern Rings
• Now, the same as with
the dresses, the rings can
be extravagant and
overelaborate, there
aren’t limits. Sometimes,
the ring is even tattooed.

9. Cakes
• The TV, and the culture in general, has a
strong influence on the life of the people.
Hence, the wedding cakes have evolved from
simple pies to spectacular edible sculptures

10. Places
• In the past, the wedding
ritual was celebrated in a
church or a cathedral. Now,
the places can vary from
beaches to the mountaintop,
passing from the bottom of
the sea.

11. • When the couple leaves
from church, it is very
Traditions
common to throw rice to
them. Its a fertility symbol
• Another thing that is very
common is that the bride
wears something blue,
something old, something
new and something
borrowed.
• A Spanish old tradition is
the “arras”, thirteen coins
that the groom gives to
the bride.

13. WEDDINGS

14. RELIGION
Religious WEDDINGS
The religious weddings are celebrated by a
ceremony officiated by a priest, in churches,
cathedrals, hermitages…

15. Civil Ceremonies
 The civil ceremonies are also celebrated in Spain
and it’s the only way a homosexual couple can
LAW
marry.
 In 2005 the PSOE passed a law approving this type
of same-sex marriage.

16. Divorce
• The divorce is the ending of the
LAW
marriage, it’s the process that has the
intention to finish with married life.

17. • THE BEGINNING OF THE
DIVORCES: In 1981, Spain
LAW
passed the law by which
divorce was a
accepted
• 2.DIVORCE BEFORE A NOTARY PUBLIC
With the new govern of
Mariano Rajoy, you can
have a divorce with a
mutual accord, before a notary
public.

18. • 3. DIFERENTS
LAW
TYPES OF DIVORCE
• 4. MINIMUM
DURATION OF ONE
MARRIAGE

19. • 5. A NEW MARRIAGE. Once you have
had the divorce, you can celebrate a
new marriage without having to wait.
LAW
• 6. CUSTODY OF THE CHILDREN. After
the divorce the custody of the children
is for both, or it can be kept by one of
the partners , having the other one the
right to visit and spend
time with his/ her children.

20. De facto marriage
LAW
• The facto marriage is the stable union
between two people living together, but they
aren’t united by marriage.
• To be recognized as a “a facto marriage”, the
union between two heterosexual
or homosexual people must be
made public and a minimum of two
years of life together is required.

21. • To cancel one of these unions one of the
following events must happen:
LAW
a) The death of some of the members.
b) The marriage of the couple or one of its
members.
c) By mutual agreement.
d) Unilateral will of one of its members.
e) Not having a life together for the period of
one year.

22. • Though civil marriages and De facto
unions seem to have the same rights, in
fact, they are not totally equal. For
example, in the event of one of the
partners’ death, conditions to get a
widower pension are far more strict in
the case of De facto unions. This way,
widows and widowers a less protected
by the law

23. Women Rights

24. The fight for the equality of the
women
The fall of the monarchy was a transformation of the country, because with
the Republican-Socialist government in 1934, equal rights between men and
women were achieved (Article 43 of the 1931 Constitution).

25. Numerous women's
organizations emerged.
Women's rights
associations such as
the Women's Section
of the Falange, who
wanted to be at the
front to care for
political prisoners
and their families ...;
or women's
organizations as
Antifascist Women, for
democracy
against FASCISM.

26. With the arrival of the Spanish Civil War in July 1936, it became
apparent the need for women to hold positions abandoned by the
men to go to battle. Due to situations of poverty, absence of the
breadwinner ... women had to increase their work both domestically
and outside the house. With the war, feelings of inferiority and
subordination of women faded and many of them had access to male-
dominated areas.

27. For many centuries, it was
considered that women should be
under the authority of man, they
were considerate less intelligent.
A married woman couldn’t travel,
or work, or open a checking
account without the authority of
the husband or father until 1970.

28. There was a very intense fight to obtain the
equal rights for women. One of the most
wanted rights was the right to vote.

29. In Spain, the vote to women was granted on
October 1st 1931.
With the return of democracy
and the Constitution
of 1978 the legal equality
between men and
women was established.

30. The most age in woman
• A Spanish law in force until 1972 considered
that the woman wasn’t able to live on her
own until the age of 25, and therefore had to
seek permission from his father to become
independent.

32. Homosexuality is a sexual orientation between people
of the same sex. Initially it was considered a disease or a disorder
and required medical help. Since 1973, the international
scientific community considered that homosexuality is not a disease.
The legal and social situation of homosexual people varies from
one country to another.

33. Homosexuality has been present in societies since ancient times,
for example, in ancient Rome and Greece, it was accepted that a young
boy and an old man were together.

34. Around the world countries that accept homosexuality but it is still illegal in 76
countries.
Countries that accept homosexual marriage: The Netherlands (2001), Belgium
(2002), Spain (2005), Canada (2005), South Africa (2006), Norway (2008),
Sweden(2009 ), Portugal (2010) and Argentina (2010).
There are very few countries that accept homosexual people adopting children. In
Europe, countries that accept homosexuality are 44 countries.

35. In some schools teachers
are already teaching
children to accept
relationships
and weddings between
two men and two women.

36. In Spain, homosexuality is accepted since 1979. Adoption is
also accepted since 2003. There are countries in which
homosexuality can be a reason for imprisonment or even
death.

37. The weddings between people of the same-sex was legalized in Spain in 2005.
The PSOE passed the law of the same-sex wedding on the 30th of June 2005,
and was officially passed on 3rd of July 2005.
A 66% of the people supported same-sex weddings but the other people
organized demonstrations against it. A big rival was the Church. They are still
against that law.
Today, homosexuals have the same rights and duties as any other citizen. But
with the arrival
of the PP government this may
change, they want to derogate
laws that allows gay marriage
and adoption in same-sex couples.

38. “Gay Pride Day” is a date on which homosexual people do
some annual events to show the tolerance to the
homosexuals. It is usually celebrated in July or June.

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• Ada
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• Ivan
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