This custom is extremely popular in Ukraine amongst the newlyweds.
Do you know: Burning an effigy at the wedding is considered to help ward off bad luck and nasty divorces.
In Ukraine, matchmakers are never to expect thank-you notes from newlyweds. Instead soon-to-be-married couples create straw dummies of the persons or matchmakers that got them together. Their dummies are then burnt on their wedding days so as to prevent them from ever having divorces.
