The Polterabend Custom by jeanne elv https://padlet.com/jeanneelva/shaub3zuyibhwdhu en-us 2025-01-13 07:29:15 UTC 2025-01-17 03:36:04 UTC hello@padlet.com Breaking Dishes Tradition Brings Luck in Germany jeanneelva https://padlet.com/jeanneelva/shaub3zuyibhwdhu/wish/3288438960 Polterabend is a German and to a lesser extent Polish, Austrian and Swiss wedding custom in which,  on the night before the wedding, the guests break porcelain to chase away evil spirits and to bring luck to the couple's marriage. The shards are traditionally swept up by the betrothed.


Although it might sounds inappropriate, but it is legal in Germany and other European Countries. It has been going since a long time ago and some believe the origin is to be Germanic tribes who threw shards to drive off evil spirits. They also believe the heathen ritual of the shattering of clay sacrificial altars after a sacrifice to the gods to be responsible.


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