Wedding traditions of Sao Paulo
A city of many immigrants, with Italian, Japanese, Lebanese and Korean weddings.
Sao Paulo has the largest Japanese community outside Japan, and large Italian and Lebanese populations. The wedding scene includes formal ceremonies in churches, civil registry marriages and large parties.
A wedding here
Brazilians often hold a civil marriage at a cartorio and a religious one on the same day or another day. The marriage is a long party with a buffet and a bridal waltz.
Communities
Japanese Brazilian weddings may combine a Shinto ceremony with a banquet. Italian Brazilian weddings include a table of pasta and a feast.
Wedding customs of Sao Paulo
Also part of it, and being written: Brazilian wedding (Customs.), Bem-casado (A wedding sweet.).
Communities and their weddings in Sao Paulo
- Japanese Brazilian Shinto ceremony and banquet.
- Italian Brazilian A grand family feast.
- Lebanese Brazilian Zaffe and a feast.
A wedding trail idea for Sao Paulo
- Se Cathedral A great church.
- Liberdade The Japanese quarter.
- Ibirapuera Park A park.
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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Photo credits on this page
The small pictures above come from Wikimedia Commons under free licences. Some are cropped to fit.
- Shinto wedding: Jakub Hałun, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
- Same-sex marriage in Brazil: Fabio Pozzebom/ABr, CC BY 3.0 br, source