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Wedding traditions of Lima

Peruvian weddings include the cutting of the cake with ribbons and the pasacalle, a dancing procession.

In Lima a civil marriage is held at a municipal office, followed by a church ceremony. The party includes a cake with ribbons in some families.

Lima: This is a photo of a monument in Peru, identified by ID
Photo: JulioKuLu, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons

A wedding here

The party is a long night of salsa, cumbia and huayno. A cake is cut, and the single women pull ribbons from the cake to find a ring or charm.

Customs

A hora loca, a loud hour, is common. Food includes ceviche, causa and pisco sour.

Wedding customs of Lima

Also part of it, and being written: Peruvian wedding (Customs.), Pisco sour (The national cocktail.), Huayno (A highland music.), Cake pull (Pulling ribbons from the cake.).

A wedding trail idea for Lima

  1. Lima Cathedral A great church.
  2. Miraflores A seaside district.
  3. Barranco A bohemian district.
About this page

Written by the EveryShaadi desk with AI assistance. Opening hours, venues and wedding-season dates change; check locally before travelling. Customs differ from place to place and family to family. If this is your tradition and we have it wrong, tell us.

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🇨🇱 Santiago, Chile and 3 moreCueca A courtship dance from Chile and the Andes where couples trace circles with handkerchiefs to reenact a rooster and hen.Performance · The eve

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The small pictures above come from Wikimedia Commons under free licences. Some are cropped to fit.

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