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    Wedding Rituals and Traditions from Around the World
    Wedding Rituals and Traditions from Around the World
    Wedding Rituals and Traditions from Around the World
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    Wedding Rituals and Traditions from Around the World

    By Susan Gallina

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    We hope you find this ebook fun and informative whether you are getting married or officiating a ceremony. ‘Wedding Rituals and Traditions from Around the World’ contains easy to follow instructions with suggested wording and required items helping couples and wedding professionals to create a unique wedding ceremony guests will remember.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherSusan Gallina
    Release dateSep 8, 2013
    ISBN9781301378524
    Wedding Rituals and Traditions from Around the World
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    Susan Gallina

    Susan Gallina: As a practising Commonwealth appointed Civil Marriage Celebrant I have been solemnising marriages and performing a wide range of rituals for over 7 years. I have had the pleasure of working with hundreds of couples and assisting them to create the ceremony of their dreams. I have also enjoyed working with Celebrants both new and experienced providing Ongoing Professional Development training on behalf of The Gordon TAFE Victoria.Yasmin Eyre: Having completed a bachelor degree in ‘Tourism and Event Management’ I initially entered the tourism industry but my love of weddings drew me to start my own business as a Wedding and Event Planner. I now own ‘A Moment in Time Event Planning and Hire’, assisting couples to plan every aspect of their big day down to the very last bonbonniere whilst still using my travel knowledge in researching some of the best locations to wed and honeymoon in the world.

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      Wedding Rituals and Traditions from Around the World - Susan Gallina

      Wedding Rituals and Traditions from Around the World

      Susan Gallina & Yasmin Alesci (The Wedding Gurus)

      Published by Susan Gallina at Smashwords

      Copyright 2013 Susan Gallina

      Smashwords Edition, License Notes

      This ebook is licensed for your personal enjoyment only. This ebook may not be re-sold or given away to other people. If you would like to share this book with another person, please purchase an additional copy for each recipient. If you’re reading this book and did not purchase it or it was not purchased for your use only, then please return to Smashwords.com and purchase your own copy. Thank you for respecting the hard work of this author.

      Table of Contents

      Introduction

      Part 1- Non Denominational & Non-Culturally Specific Rituals & Traditions

      Unity Sand Ritual

      Earth Ritual

      Traditional Smoking Ceremony

      A Box of Memories

      Something Old, Something New

      Cup of Life

      Libation Ceremony

      Hand Fasting

      The Unity Candle

      The Giving of the Bride

      Ring Warming

      Rose Ceremony

      Part 2- Religious & Culturally Specific Rituals & Traditions

      Hindu - The Seven Steps

      Australian Version– Rune Stone Ceremony

      Spanish - Arras or Coins

      Korean - Geese and Ducks

      Russian– The ‘Ransom’ of the Bride

      African/American - Jumping the Broom

      African - Tasting the Four Elements

      Anglo-Saxon - Leap Year Proposal

      Jewish - Chuppah

      Introduction

      Across the world ceremonies and rituals are used to mark the more important events in our lives. A wedding ceremony is a perfect example of the celebration of one of those occasions. In the vast panorama of human cultural diversity, the joining of two people in marriage is steeped in tradition, symbolism and formality, in both ancient and modern rituals.

      More and more frequently, modern couples are declining the usual offerings of wedding planners and celebrants, and choosing to include rituals and traditions which bring meaningful significance to their wedding ceremony. Celebrants and officiants are under far greater pressure than ever, to be familiar with the use of many different rituals and traditions and to be willing to take part and engage in them as part of the ceremonies they perform.

      Many cultures still actively practise ancient traditions, often adapted to suit a more modern environment, but still holding the same meaning and importance to those who embrace them. While we may have somewhat moved away from some of the more outlandish rituals and customs, many couples are choosing these modern adaptations of age old rituals and it has become very ‘trendy’ to incorporate more of the beautiful and meaningful elements into today’s wedding ceremony. Through the use of their own personalised wording many are creating their own versions that not only carry significance and meaning, but really reflect who the couple are, as individuals coming together.

      If most people honestly thought about all of the ceremonies they have attended in the past, they would probably recall them as fond, but distant, fading memories. But if a

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