A flower girl is a young girl who carries flowers in a procession, often at weddings. They symbolize purity and youth and wear simple white dresses. They scatter flowers down the aisle and are chosen by the bride from young relatives or friends.
A florist is a young girl who carries flowers in a procession. Most people associate them specifically with weddings, although they can technically appear in a variety of processions and events, and are sometimes seen at parades to honor regional beauty queens or other community celebrities.
Bridesmaids and young women have been used in processions for centuries as symbols of purity, virginity and youth. In many cultures, processions are organized by age, honoring the old at the rear of the procession while celebrating the young at the front.
Typically, a flower girl is under 10 years old, because she is meant to symbolize childhood and youth, and directly predates the person honored by the procession; in the case of a wedding, it means walking ahead of the bride. Flower girls typically wear simple white dresses to accentuate their youth, though they may wear colorful sashes or other decorations to coordinate with the rest of the procession.
Some bridesmaids simply bring flowers, while others distribute flowers to crowds and onlookers. At weddings, it is traditional for girls to scatter flowers and petals down the aisle, so that the bride walks along a carpet of flowers. Flowers with a symbolic meaning and a pleasant scent such as roses are often chosen.
When women think of the members of their wedding party, they generally choose the flower girl among their young relatives or the children of friends. Multiple bridesmaids are perfectly acceptable, for brides who want to honor several young friends, and in very formal weddings, they’re actually quite common. As a general rule, the bride chooses the girl’s dress and the girl’s parents are expected to pay for her dress and any accessories such as a basket or flower bag.
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