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At the moment the wording is: The female partner is known as the bride, who is typically attended by one or more bridesmaids and a maid or matron of honor. In recent years, some countries (and to date, two states in the USA) have recognized same sex marriages which allow for two grooms or two brides.
After the religious ceremony, the wedding procession moves to a park/garden where lunch is served to guests. Afterwards, the wedding party typically takes pictures while guests make their way to the reception. At the reception, depending on the family's ethnic group there are several traditional dances performed.
Wedding invitation. A wedding invitation is a letter asking the recipient to attend a wedding. It is typically written in the formal, third-person language and mailed five to eight weeks before the wedding date. Like any other invitation, it is the privilege and duty of the host—historically, for younger brides in Western culture, the mother ...
Handfasting is a traditional practice that, depending on the term's usage, may define an unofficiated wedding (in which a couple marries without an officiant, usually with the intent of later undergoing a second wedding with an officiant), a betrothal (an engagement in which a couple has formally promised to wed, and which can be broken only ...
A wedding photographer taking a picture of the bride and her new husband with his family. A royal wedding with formal portraits. Wedding photography is a specialty in photography that is primarily focused on the photography of events and activities relating to weddings. It may include other types of portrait photography of the couple before the ...
A video of a wedding that featured a seating chart arranged by zodiac sign posted by @iskatx went viral on TikTok last week, with 5.8 million views and counting (followed by another video with ...
Sealing (Mormonism) A couple following their marriage in the Manti Utah Temple. Sealing is an ordinance (ritual) performed in Latter Day Saint temples by a person holding the sealing authority. [1] The purpose of this ordinance is to seal familial relationships, making possible the existence of family relationships throughout eternity. [2]
Nevertheless, the Hindu wedding ceremony at its core is essentially a Vedic yajna ritual and three key rituals are almost universal: Kanyadana— giving away of his daughter by the father, Panigrahana— voluntarily holding hands near the fire to signify union, and Saptapadi— taking seven 'steps before fire'. (Each 'step' is a complete ...