Brightly coloured veils were worn in ancient times in many parts of the world and were considered protection against evil spirits.

In early European history, brides began to wear opaque yellow veils preventing not only the groom from seeing in, but from her seeing out.

Therefore, the father of the bride had to escort her down the aisle and literally give the bride to the groom!

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