marriage rituals
Vows and rings
Marriage rituals are the ceremonies, customs, and symbolic acts that formalize a union between partners.
These vary widely across cultures—exchanging rings, breaking glass, circling a fire, jumping a broom.
The phrase encompasses both religious sacraments and secular traditions: The wedding planner walked them through the marriage rituals.
Some rituals are legally required; others carry purely social or spiritual significance.
- oath takingFormal pledge administration
- vowsSolemn binding promises
- tying the knotGetting married
- naming ceremoniesRites conferring official names
- hennaPlant-derived body dye
ancestral worship · ring exchange · exchange of rings · engagement party · dowry · handfasting · candle lighting · garlands · jumping the broom · honeymoon · officiant · consecration · ketubah · white dress · something borrowed · sacrament · bridal shower · Hinduism
- marriagebride, groom, wedding, husband, wife
- South Asian culturecaste system, Hinduism, joint family, varna, dowry
- Chakmapinon, traditional weaving, raja, bamboo dance, traditional dress
- Gond culturewall paintings
- Vedic ritualssacred fire, oblation, sacred vessel, sacrificial fire, libations
- SikkimTibetan Buddhism, rhododendron
marriage ritualsfuneral rites
Customs for honoring deceased
death rituals · burial ceremonies · mourning rituals · last rites · memorial services
marriage ritualselopement
Secret departure to wed
cohabitation · living together · casual dating · hookup culture · situationship