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17 Unbelievable Wedding Beauty Looks Around the Globe

These beautiful brides from countries around the world show there's more than one way to primp for your wedding
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Not a Hair Out of Place
Japanese brides wear carefully styled wigs in Shinto weddings. These days, many Japanese couples do an intimate ceremony at a Shinto temple before a Western-style blowout at a Christian church.

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Hat Hair Has Never Looked So Good
This towering white hat is typical of Circassian (aka Adyghe) brides in Northern Caucasus -- but it's not so big that it obscures her insanely gorgeous, flower-strewn fishtail braid.

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Bald Is Beautiful
Brides of the Maasai tribe (spread throughout Kenya and Tanzania) paint their faces and bodies with red ochre pigment. They also rub a bit of butchered animal fat on their shaved heads.

Photo: Philip Lee Harvey

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A Wearable Bouquet
In Bali, a stunning bride wears strands of jasmine trailing from her bun per Javanese tradition. (Jasmine symbolizes life and growth.)

Photo: Bunn Salarzon

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Heavy Lies the Crown
This West Sumatran bride wears the hair accessory to end all hair accessories. The traditional golden crown, called a suntiang, can weigh up to eight pounds.

Photo: Adiza Photography

When you imagine a bride getting ready for her wedding day, you probably envision a mother-daughter trip to Kleinfeld to pick out the perfect white gown, or an inspiration board of bridal updos that she tries out weeks in advance. But if you're a bride in West Sumatra, Bulgaria or Morocco, that routine might look a little different -- like an eight-pound-crown, face-paint, tinsel-veil kind of situation. One thing's for sure: Beyond the Western world, bridal beauty has a million definitions. Here are some of the world's most amazing bridal 'dos, makeup and accessories we've ever seen.
BY KATIE MCCARTHY | MAY 24, 2016 | SHARES
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