The most important thing in all this ritual was the demonstration of a bride's shirt with blood stains. If the bride kept her virginity before the wedding, she was considered honest. Otherwise, she brought shame not only to herself, but also to her parents.
Same for Nigeria where I am from.
Modern Russia has nothing from these past traditions of wedding and first night. Now the first wedding night is not full of sacral sex and love but of money and profit because just married count money which was presented as wedding gift for them-)) Or they just sleep because they were too tired after crazy wedding day)
This is as a result of neglect in our culture and traditions. So many things have changed. Wedding nights have become just a normal night like others. There's nothing new to the new couples. Also, these days, marriages don't last like they used to.
Thank you @taliakerch for sharing this.
I agree with you..