The celebratory nights out for the bride and groom are tradition dating back so far that we can only speculate as to its origins. Generally speaking, the groom enlists the help of a best man (obviously primarily to perform the best man customs at the wedding) who then traditionally organises a stag party for him. Different cultures however have different takes on the stag/bachelor party.
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 celebration is called a Polterabend in Denmark and usually a group of friends will meet up for breakfast, and during the day take part in activities like paintball or go-karting or the like, usually followed by dinner in a nice restaurant, and then of course, the night out. The Danish Polterabend is no stranger to strippers who are sometimes included in the last event of the evening, and more often than not the groom himself is not told when exactly the Polterabend will be taking place.
France: The literal translation for what the French call a stag party is burial of the life as a young boy or young girl for bachelorette party. In French it is called enterrement de vie de garcon / jeune fille and as in most English speaking countries, it involves lots of drinking and occasionally 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. - 24585
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 celebration is called a Polterabend in Denmark and usually a group of friends will meet up for breakfast, and during the day take part in activities like paintball or go-karting or the like, usually followed by dinner in a nice restaurant, and then of course, the night out. The Danish Polterabend is no stranger to strippers who are sometimes included in the last event of the evening, and more often than not the groom himself is not told when exactly the Polterabend will be taking place.
France: The literal translation for what the French call a stag party is burial of the life as a young boy or young girl for bachelorette party. In French it is called enterrement de vie de garcon / jeune fille and as in most English speaking countries, it involves lots of drinking and occasionally 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. - 24585
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