Posts Tagged ‘Wedding rituals’


Indian wedding culture

Tuesday, September 23rd, 2008

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Indian wedding culture is very rich and wedding is celebrated as a sacrament in Indian culture. According to Indian culture, wedding is permission that allows couple to love and romance with each other as well as starts a happy along with. There are lots of rituals performed during Indian wedding that had started ancient time and are an important activity of wedding still now. The religious base of Hind wedding is happiness, growth and harmony.

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Wedding Vows and its significance

Monday, September 8th, 2008

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There are several traditional, non-traditional and religious activities performed in wedding ceremonies. Each religion has separate rules for wedding ceremony that follows during wedding ceremony. But the most common ritual that is performed in almost all wedding ceremonies is ‘Wedding Vows’. The types of Wedding Vows may be different in terms of country, religion, culture and tradition but it is still now focal activity of wedding ceremony. Wedding Vows are the words those are spoken by both bride and groom for each other to accept as a husband or wife. Bride and groom take wedding vows in presence of family members, friends and guests. Actually Wedding Vow is permission for an adult girl and boy to live together as husband and wife.

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Jewish Wedding

Tuesday, July 29th, 2008

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According to Bible, marriage means companionship and procreation. In ancient time Jewish weddings were arranged by parent even the bride’s permission was important. According to Jewish tradition, weddings can occur any day except the Jewish festivals, the “sefirah” period, Shavuot and Passover, the Sabbath and 3 weeks between the 17th of Tammuz and the 9th of Av. Almost a bride wears white and a headdress & veil. Some Jews wear elaborate costumes. Groom’s wedding dress is “kitel” with a tallit.

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The groom has to undertake an act of “kinyan” in presence of witnesses. Kinyan stands the obligations of the Ketubah. This ritual is done by taking a handkerchief, lifts it and returns it. After this groom as well as witnesses signs the Ketubah (marriage contract). A wedding ring is placed by the groom to bride on her forefinger of the right hand and then recites the marriage formula. Thus Jewish wedding is celebrated with pomp and show.

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Romantic moments in wedding ceremony

Monday, July 7th, 2008

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Newly wed couple to be more romantic than a common couple. There are lots of reasons behind it, such as they to be more eager to know each other. Actually romance starts with wedding kiss that to be continued throughout the life. Wedding is a relation which offers lots of pleasure moments in life to couple for romance and love. Wedding ceremony offers numerous romantic moments, fun and happy. If you are getting married either your lover or girlfriend or boyfriend, then express romance during wedding ceremony to be more easy through wedding kiss.

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Besides wedding kiss, there are some other moments that provide the chance of romance. Wedding dance is one of them in which bride and groom dance by seeing each others eyes along with one handshake and another put on waist. It gives the first romantic pleasure to both. Thus romantic moments in wedding ceremony has special importance.

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