For more ideas, styles and designs visit us at http://portara.com/Bomboniere-Boubounieres.html Bomboniere or Bomboniera or Boubounieres are favors for Weddings, Bridal Showers, Engagements or Christenings/Baptisms. Bomboniere is an Italian and Greek tradition, which is spreading across the world. Bomboniere are the traditional keepsakes given as gifts to guests in appreciation of their attendance. They can be incorporated on the table settings or distributed from a decorated basket during the celebration. While their most popular use is at weddings and christenings, they can also be given at First Communions, Birthdays, Silver/Gold Anniversaries, Dinner Parties, Christmas and many other social gatherings. Each bomboniere consists of at least 5 sugared almonds/koufeta which represent: Health, Wealth, Happiness, Prosperity and Long Life. We offer you elegant designs that may be coordinated with your occasions’ colors and filled with either plain almonds, heart-shaped almonds or Hersheys Kisses. We also have reception table ideas. You might also want to take a look at our unique Bridal Gifts that are guaranteed to please you with their high quality, timeless beauty and usefulness. We can customize your order to your style and imagination! www.portara.com The Number of Koufeta in Bomboniere Koufeta are the Jordan almonds that are traditionally used as wedding favors. The Italians refer to these sweet sugar almonds as bomboniere and the Greeks refer to these wedding favors as boubounieres. These are given to the guests at a Greek wedding. The Koumbaroi typically purchase the koufeta as part of their gift to the Bride and Groom on their wedding day. A common question that is asked is about the number of koufeta that should be used inside the boubounieres and why is the answer that it should only be an odd number. Here are some great points about the number of koufeta in boubounieres : Why is an odd number of Jordan almonds used for the koufeta? The Greeks use an odd number of koufeta in the boubounieres and on the wedding tray because an odd number is not divisible by 2. This represents the concept that the number cannot be divided as so, the new couple will never be divided or break up. Why should the number of koufeta be a prime number? The koufeta within the boubounieres should be a prime number, namely: 1,2,3,5,7,9,11,13,15,17 because prime numbers are divisible only by unit -1 – by themselves and no other number. The unit -1 – symbolizes that only one thing, death, can separate the couple and the division of the numbers by themselves symbolizes the fact that the wife and husband themselves and their egos can bring their union into separation. How many koufeta should be used? The wedding bomboniere is traditionally composed of an odd number of koufeta 3-5-7-9-11. The most common number is 7, since these are the Divine Mysteries of the Church. Others say that the number of koufeta should just be 5, symbolizing health, joy, fertility, prosperity and longevity. Is Koufeta used for anything else apart from the wedding boubounieres? Koufeta is also […]
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