Handfasting (Afrocenric) In some African tribes, the bride and groom have their wrists tied together with cloth or braided grass. To...

Eggs, which represent fertility and righteousness in Islam, are often given to the couple as symbolic gifts. The bride and groom may be...

In both Hindu and Hawaiian ceremonies, the bride and groom exchange garlands of flowers. In Hindu weddings, the bride and groom meet in...

_________, will you receive _____ as your lawfully wedded wife/husband? Will you share your life with her/him, hold your love firm, and...

The crowning is the centerpiece of an Eastern Orthodox wedding ceremony. Garland wreaths are often fashioned into ornate crowns as a...

Couples demonstrate their commitment by crossing tall wooden sticks in an African-American tradition that dates back to the time of...

Greeting: We are gathered together here to celebrate the love which Groom and Bride have for each other, to give social recognition to...

Circling is a Jewish tradition When the couple first step underneath the huppah, their wedding canopy, the bride circles the groom seven...

Circling the Table The priest (and sometimes the Koumbaros, too) leads the couple three times around the alter on which a Bible and cross...

Breaking the Glass is another Jewish tradition with great symbolism. Crushing a wineglass under the groom’s foot at the end of the...

During Catholic ceremonies in Spain, Panama, and Mexico, the groom presents the bride with thirteen gold coins, known as arras, to...

Civil Ceremony Vows This is our most common ceremony for a simple wedding: Who gives this woman? Marriage is perhaps the greatest and...