Why stag night

The groom's mates often, after heavy drinking, subject the groom to various humiliations, sometimes in public. These often include leaving him tied naked to a pole or placing him on an airplane to a remote location. It has also been quite common to start the humiliation at the beginning of the night by dressing the buck up as a female or making him wear a "mankini". Canadian cities such as Toronto, Montreal or Vancouver are popular bachelor stag party destinations due to their large number of strip clubs with "dance contact" lap-dancing.

Montreal in particular is popular for this purpose with both Canadians and Americans alike. The female equivalent of a stag party in Canada is often known as a "stagette" or "doe. The tradition is catching on in India. Pondicherry is the place to be. In Italy the bachelor stag party is called "addio al celibato" for the groom-to-be which literally means farewell to bachelorhood. For the bride-to-be it is called "addio al nubilato".

Menu Menu. The real answer is, there are many reasons. Thirdly, many believe mischievous stag dos derive their name from the horned god of the Celts and Pagans — Cernunnos — who was fond of wild animal hunts and represented both wealth and fertility, as well as the underworld. As to the word bachelor, again its history is murky. This reference is first found in the late thirteenth century. The English word, seems to come from Old French. For the bride-to-be, these traditions were more about preparation than fun.

In Ancient Greece, the day before marriage was known as the proaulia. The bride, along with her mother and other women, would make offerings and sacrifices to appease the gods who might see fit to ruin the day — especially Artemis, goddess of chastity and childbirth. While the bride traditionally anticipated the loss of her virginity, the groom was more likely to focus on the loss of his bachelorhood. In the western world, male freedoms be it in sexual experience, drinking or simply leaving the home unchaperoned have historically pushed their celebrations towards revelry and feasting.

Instead, they referred to entertainments attended by just men or just women.