marriage traditions
Nuptial ceremony customs
Marriage traditions are the customs and rituals surrounding weddings and the formation of marital unions.
These vary enormously across cultures—exchanging rings, breaking glass, jumping the broom, wearing white, tying hands together.
Some traditions mark the transition publicly The whole village attended, while others involve private family ceremonies.
The phrase often appears in discussions of cultural preservation or change: They wanted to honor their marriage traditions while making the ceremony their own.
- wedding vowsSpoken marriage commitments
- dowriesWealth given at marriage
- vowsSolemn binding promises
- cakeFrosted baked dessert
- throwing ricePelting newlyweds with grain
blessings · jumping the broom · ring · something borrowed · white dress · henna · dance · trousseau · handfasting · tying the knot · arranged marriages · family involvement · music · mehendi · matchmaking · chuppah · breaking the glass · officiants
- customscustoms, customs clearance, wedding custom, customs declaration, burial custom
- Central LuzonSan Fernando, Clark, Mount Pinatubo, Bataan, Angeles
- Indigenous Lawindigenous law, aboriginal rights, indigenous sovereignty, ceremonial law, traditional law
- FulaniFulani, Fulani braids, Fouta Djallon, Sokoto Caliphate
marriage traditionselopement
Secret departure to wed
courthouse wedding · civil ceremony · Vegas wedding · legal formalities
marriage traditionscohabitation
Dwelling together unmarried
living together · bachelorhood · singlehood · polyamory · open relationships