The stag party, as its called in the UK, Ireland, New Zealand and Canada, is a tradition dating back to before records began. The groom will enlist the aid of a close companion to be his best man and it is then up to said companion to organise a no-holds-barred, all-out party for him to celebrate his wedlock. However, different customs are standard in different countries around the world and this article will look at how some of the worlds different cultures celebrate with the groom-to-be before marriage.
United Kingdom: In the UK, stag weekends are becoming almost commonplace. The expected night-time-knees-up is of course still there, but the day is usually filled with activities of some description as well. With cheap airlines on the rise, its becoming more and more common for stag parties to be seen wandering around the streets of Majorca or Ibiza, although the most popular destinations are Dublin, Riga and Krakow, closely followed by Amsterdam.
USA: The term stag party is rarely used in the US, it is known as a bachelor party, and these bachelor parties usually consist of the same kind of activities that the British ones do, however their bachelor parties are more to symbolise the grooms last days of freedom from the bonds of wedlock rather than celebrating the fact that hes getting married. Popular destinations include Chicago, Miami Beach and who could forget, Las Vegas.
Australia: The Bucks party as its most commonly known in Australia, (as with the others) will usually involve half naked or fully naked women, and the groom is quite often subjected to embarrassing practical jokes. Theses jokes have been known to include, tying him (wearing very few clothes, if any) to a pole of some kind, being made to wear a "mankini" or dress up like a women, or being put on a plane to a location in the middle of nowhere so to speak.
Canada: In Canada, the celebration is also called a stag party and the most popular Canadian destinations include Montreal, Vancouver, Niagara Falls and Toronto, this is probably down to the amount of strip/lap dancing clubs in these locations. In Canada, the women's equivalent of this party is sometimes referred to as a stagette, bachelorette or doe party
Denmark: The Danish celebration is called a Polterabend and usually lasts a full day. It will start with the group meeting up for breakfast, then a day full of activities, perhaps such as karting, or paintball or something similar, then dinner at a restaurant, and finally, the infamous night out on the town. The Groom is often not told which day the Polterabend is going to be on.
France: The French call the Stag party enterrement de vie de garcon which, literally translated, means burial of life as a young boy, and the same for women, but burial of life as a young woman (enterrement de vie de jeune fille.) Like in most English speaking countries, these celebrations often include large amounts of alcohol consumption and sometimes a stripper.
So, it seems that most bachelor/stag parties are based on the same sort of idea, lots of booze and naked women. But there are subtle cultural differences in the way different countries do it.
United Kingdom: In the UK, stag weekends are becoming almost commonplace. The expected night-time-knees-up is of course still there, but the day is usually filled with activities of some description as well. With cheap airlines on the rise, its becoming more and more common for stag parties to be seen wandering around the streets of Majorca or Ibiza, although the most popular destinations are Dublin, Riga and Krakow, closely followed by Amsterdam.
USA: The term stag party is rarely used in the US, it is known as a bachelor party, and these bachelor parties usually consist of the same kind of activities that the British ones do, however their bachelor parties are more to symbolise the grooms last days of freedom from the bonds of wedlock rather than celebrating the fact that hes getting married. Popular destinations include Chicago, Miami Beach and who could forget, Las Vegas.
Australia: The Bucks party as its most commonly known in Australia, (as with the others) will usually involve half naked or fully naked women, and the groom is quite often subjected to embarrassing practical jokes. Theses jokes have been known to include, tying him (wearing very few clothes, if any) to a pole of some kind, being made to wear a "mankini" or dress up like a women, or being put on a plane to a location in the middle of nowhere so to speak.
Canada: In Canada, the celebration is also called a stag party and the most popular Canadian destinations include Montreal, Vancouver, Niagara Falls and Toronto, this is probably down to the amount of strip/lap dancing clubs in these locations. In Canada, the women's equivalent of this party is sometimes referred to as a stagette, bachelorette or doe party
Denmark: The Danish celebration is called a Polterabend and usually lasts a full day. It will start with the group meeting up for breakfast, then a day full of activities, perhaps such as karting, or paintball or something similar, then dinner at a restaurant, and finally, the infamous night out on the town. The Groom is often not told which day the Polterabend is going to be on.
France: The French call the Stag party enterrement de vie de garcon which, literally translated, means burial of life as a young boy, and the same for women, but burial of life as a young woman (enterrement de vie de jeune fille.) Like in most English speaking countries, these celebrations often include large amounts of alcohol consumption and sometimes a stripper.
So, it seems that most bachelor/stag parties are based on the same sort of idea, lots of booze and naked women. But there are subtle cultural differences in the way different countries do it.
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