5 Meaningful Traditions Or Rituals For Your Wedding Day
There are many ways to personalise your wedding ceremony, and including a ritual or symbolic gesture is a popular way to do so.
Here are 5 options that you may wish to discuss with your wedding celebrant!
Unity candle:
The couple each has a lighted taper candle which signifies two individuals standing apart. They each use their individual candle to light a central candle which signifies unity. The two taper candles are extinguished and the larger candle left alight.
Sand Ceremony:
This ceremony expresses the coming together of two people, or two families into the one family. Each person has a different coloured sand and take turns in pouring it into one clear vessel, producing a layered effect. Children or other family members can also be incorporated.
Dove release:
Doves choose one partner for life and make this commitment until death. The white dove has been used throughout history as a symbol of love, peace, purity, faithfulness and prosperity. Doves released at the ceremony represent the love and commitment the couple have given to one another this day.
Goblet of wine:
The bride and groom both drink from a single glass of wine. This symbolises drinking from the cup of life and sharing all of its experiences together, both bitter and sweet.
Hand-Fastening
An old pagan ritual where couples bind their hands together with a ribbon to symbolise the joining of two lives.