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Wedding
Nubian wedding with some international modern touches, near Aswan, Egypt
Preparing for the photographs, at a wedding in Thornbury Castle, EnglandA wedding is a civil or religious ceremony at which the beginning of a marriage is celebrated.

1 Customs
1.1 General customs
1.2 French customs
2 Music
2.1 Western weddings
3 Variants
4 See also
4.1 Events related to weddings
4.2 Types of weddings
4.3 Wedding traditions
4.4 Clothing
4.5 Food
4.6 Participants

Customs
General customs
Wedding ceremonies may contain any number of different elements, however most contain wedding vows of some kind and a proclamation of marriage, usually by the officiant.
Other elements may include music, poetry, prayer, scripture, or other traditions. In most societies a number of traditions or customs have emerged around the wedding ceremony, many of which have lost their original symbolic meaning in the modern world. Other wedding traditions are relatively recent. Some elements of the Western wedding ceremony symbolize the bride's departure from her father's control and entry into a new family with her husband. In modern Western weddings, this symbolism is largely vestigial, since husband and wife are of equal power and status. Recently in some cultures, same-sex weddings have begun to be celebrated.
The Western custom of the bride wearing a white wedding dress came to symbolize purity in the Victorian era (despite popular misconception and the hackneyed jokes of situation comedies the white dress did not actually indicate virginity, which was symbolized by a face veil). Within the "white wedding" tradition, a white dress and veil would not have been considered appropriate in the second or third wedding of a widow or divorcee. The specific conventions of Western weddings largely from a Protestant and Catholic viewpoint, are discussed at "White wedding."
Weddings in modern China combine both traditional elements and elements influenced by the West. The actual civil ceremony consists of registering the marriage with the local registrar and is brief and done without much ceremony. The wedding reception, however, is elaborate and complex, and the one prominent element of modern Chinese weddings is the Chinese wedding album.
A wedding is often followed or accompanied by a wedding reception, at which an elaborate wedding cake is served. Western traditions include toasting the bride and groom, the newlyweds having the first dance, and cutting the cake. The bride throws her bouquet to the assembled group of all unmarried women in attendance, and the woman who catches it is supposedly going to be the next to wed. A fairly recent egalitarian equivalent has the groom throwing the bride's garter to the assembled unmarried men; the man who catches it is supposedly the next to wed.
German Wood Wedding FiguresCustoms vary and in multicultural ceremonies the customs may be varied, mixed or totally created to suit the personalities and interests of the couple. Again, such ceremonies are more common when performed by Civil Celebrants, as in Australia.
A long-standing modern tradition is for brides to wear or carry "something old, something new, something borrowed, something blue" during the service. It is considered good luck to do so. Often times the bride attempts to have one item that meets all of these qualifications, such as a borrowed blue handerchief which is "new to her" but loaned by her grandmother (thus making it old.)

French customs
Many times, in smaller French towns, the groom will meet his fiancée at her home on the day of the wedding and escort her to the chapel where the ceremony is being held. As the couple proceeds to the chapel, children will stretch long white ribbons across the road which the bride will cut as they pass.
At the chapel, the bride and groom are seated on two red velvet chairs underneath a silk canopy they called a carre. Laurel leaves may be scattered across their paths when they exit the chapel. Sometimes small coins are also tossed for the children to gather.
At the reception, the couple customarily uses a toasting cup, called a Coupe de Marriage. The origin of giving toast actually began in France, when they literally dropped a small piece of toast into the couple's wine (to ensure a healthy life). They lifted their glass to "a toast" as is common in Western culture today.
Some couples choose to serve a croquembouche instead of a wedding cake. The dessert is a pyramid of crème-filled pastry puffs, drizzled with a caramel glaze.
At a more boisterous wedding, tradition involves continuing the celebration until very late at night. After the reception, those invited to the wedding will gather outside the newlyweds' window and bang pots and pans. They are then invited into the house for some more drinks in the couple's honor, after which the couple is finally allowed to be alone for their first night together as husband and wife.
Another practice that is becoming more common at wedding celebrations is "beheading" a bottle of champagne with a sabre made for the occasion. It was started as a way for the Hussards (under Napoleon's command) to celebrate victories and exhibit their horseback skills: they would "behead" the top off a bottle of champagne while on horseback. Legend has it that the skilled horsemen would ride at a full gallop while brave women held up bottles of champagne. The sabre must strike the neck of the bottle at exactly the right angle (champagne bottles have over 100 pounds of pressure per square inch).
This practice spread throughout France as a way to celebrate special occasions. Now decorative replicas of these special sabres can be purches from artisans in Thiers, France (the French capital of cutlery).

Music
Western weddings
Music often played at western weddings includes:
The "Bridal Chorus" from Lohengrin by Richard Wagner, often used as the processional and commonly known as "Here Comes the Bride" - Note: Richard Wagner is said to have been Anti-Semitic, and as a result, the Bridal Chorus is often not used at Jewish weddings.
Johann Pachelbel's Canon in D is often used as an alternative processional.
The "Wedding March" from Felix Mendelssohn's incidental music for the Shakespeare play, A Midsummer Night's Dream, often used as a recessional.
The "Toccata" from Charles-Marie Widor's Symphony for Organ No. 5, also used as a recessional.
Segments of the Ode To Joy, the fourth movement of Ludwig van Beethoven's Ninth Symphony, sometimes make appearances at weddings; its message of unity is suitable for the occasion.
A wedding carriage in Bristol, England[edit]
Variants
A double wedding is a single ceremony where two fiancee couples rendezvous for two separate weddings. Typically, a fiancee with a sibling might plan a double wedding with that sibling.

Types of weddings
Handfasting
Religious aspects of marriage
Online wedding
Same-sex wedding

Wedding traditions
Main article: Wedding traditions
Marriage license
Wedding band (or ring)
Wedding gift
Wedding invitation
Wedding music
Wedding vows
Wedding trends
Clothing
Barong Tagalog
Kimono
Morning dress
Topor
Tuxedo
Black tie (Dinner Jacket in the U.K.)
White tie (Evening dress in the U.K.)
Sherwani
Wedding veil
Wedding dress

Food
Wedding cake

Participants
Best man
Bridesmaid
Flowergirl
Maid of honor
Ringbearer
Usher or groomsman
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Ceremony
Part of the ceremony of the Changing of the Guard in Whitehall, London.A ceremony is an activity, infused with ritual significance, performed on a special occasion.

1 Celebration of life
2 Celebration of events
3 Process

Celebration of life
Traditionally, a ceremony may mark a rite of passage in a personal human career, marking the significance of (for example):
birth
initiation
puberty
social adulthood
graduation
marriage
death
burial
In certain circumstrances a ceremony may only be performed by a person with certain authorities. For example, the opening of Parliament is controlled by the Speaker of the House. Tha naming and launching of a war ship will be under the supervision of its Captain or a higher ranked naval officer. A wedding will be performed by a priest or a Civil Celebrant, as in Australia.
Celebration of events
Other, society-wide ceremonies may mark annual or seasonal or recurrent events like:
vernal equinox
winter solstice
weekly Sabbath day
inauguration of an elected office-holder
occasions in a liturgical year or "feasts" in a calendar of saints
Yet other ceremonies underscore the importance of irregular special occasions, such as:
coronation of a monarch
victory in battle
In Asian cultures, ceremonies also play an important role. In particular, the tea ceremony of several East Asian cultures is very well known.

Process
Often ceremonies have a physical display or theatrical component: dance, a procession, the laying on of hands. But even greater importance usually attaches to a declaratory verbal pronouncement which may explain or cap the occasion, for instance:
I now pronounce you man and wife.
Happy New Year!
I swear to serve and defend the nation ...
Both physical and verbal components of a ceremony may become part of a liturgy.
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Bride
This article is about brides, the female participant in a wedding.
For other uses, see Bride (disambiguation).

Bride
Bride in formal dress North America.A bride is the female participant in a wedding ceremony. The term bride comes from the Teutonic word for a cook. She is typically attended by one or more bridesmaids or maids of honor. Her male partner is the bridegroom or "groom."
Before a bride can be formally called "wife" or Mrs. (the surname of the bridegroom), she must finish the formal wedding procedure. In some cultures, successful sexual intercourse between the bride and bridegroom is a required step to complete (or consummate) the wedding ceremony.
In Europe and North America, the typical attire for a bride is a formal dress and sometimes a tiara. For first marriages, a white dress is a tradition started by Queen Victoria's wedding. Etiquette prescribes that a white dress may not be worn for subsequent marriages (a direct symbolism of virginity), but this guideline is often ignored, brides wearing white dresses for any number of marriages. In addition to the gown, the bride normally also wears a veil and carries a bouquet of flowers. In some areas, a garter may be worn to be removed by the groom at a later time after the ceremony.
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Groom
A groom nervously waits for his bride.A bridegroom (often shortened to groom) is a man who is about to be married, or who has just been married.
He is typically attended by a best man and groomsmen. His partner is known as the bride, who is typically attended by one or more bridesmaids or maids of honour.
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