# EveryShaadi

> Every wedding tradition in the world, from every country, community and city. A free guide to 650 wedding traditions of the world, filed by region, country, community and city, by kind (rite, vow, betrothal, price, attire, adornment, music, feast, blessing, play, family, place, modern), by stage of the wedding (matchmaking, betrothal, before, eve, procession, ceremony, feast, reception, after), by concept (bride-price, arranged, wedding-dress, rings, veil, henna, procession, vows, feast, dance, luck, dates, before-party, family, money, many-marriages, small-weddings, after, guest), by faith and by symbol, with a wedding calendar, which day to marry, one-concept-across-countries comparisons, city trails and a glossary. Published by ClearTrust.

Each tradition page gives: name and native name, countries, communities and cities, what it is, where and when it is kept, how it is kept, who takes part, what it means, advice for guests, how it is changing, the foods and symbols, a short FAQ, further reading and source links. Contested practices carry a note on their legal status. Pages are derived from Wikipedia and Wikidata with AI assistance and may contain mistakes; cite the page URL.

## Browse
- [All wedding traditions](https://everyshaadi.com/traditions)
- [Regions](https://everyshaadi.com/regions)
- [Countries](https://everyshaadi.com/countries)
- [Cities](https://everyshaadi.com/cities)
- [Map](https://everyshaadi.com/map)
- [Ceremony and sacred rites](https://everyshaadi.com/categories/rite)
- [Vows, contracts and registration](https://everyshaadi.com/categories/vow)
- [Matchmaking, courtship and engagement](https://everyshaadi.com/categories/betrothal)
- [Bride price, dowry and gifts](https://everyshaadi.com/categories/price)
- [Wedding dress and clothing](https://everyshaadi.com/categories/attire)
- [Henna, jewellery and body art](https://everyshaadi.com/categories/adornment)
- [Music, dance and procession](https://everyshaadi.com/categories/music)
- [Feasts, food and drink](https://everyshaadi.com/categories/feast)
- [Blessings, luck and omens](https://everyshaadi.com/categories/blessing)
- [Games, humour and mock resistance](https://everyshaadi.com/categories/play)
- [Family roles and who does what](https://everyshaadi.com/categories/family)
- [Venue, setting and decoration](https://everyshaadi.com/categories/place)
- [Modern and changing weddings](https://everyshaadi.com/categories/modern)
- [Finding a match](https://everyshaadi.com/stages/matchmaking)
- [Engagement and betrothal](https://everyshaadi.com/stages/betrothal)
- [The weeks before](https://everyshaadi.com/stages/before)
- [The eve](https://everyshaadi.com/stages/eve)
- [Procession and arrival](https://everyshaadi.com/stages/procession)
- [The ceremony](https://everyshaadi.com/stages/ceremony)
- [The wedding feast](https://everyshaadi.com/stages/feast)
- [Reception, dance and gifts](https://everyshaadi.com/stages/reception)
- [After the wedding](https://everyshaadi.com/stages/after)
- [Bride price, dowry and gifts between families](https://everyshaadi.com/concepts/bride-price)
- [Arranged marriage, matchmaking and choosing a partner](https://everyshaadi.com/concepts/arranged)
- [The wedding dress and what the couple wear](https://everyshaadi.com/concepts/wedding-dress)
- [Rings, knots and tokens of promise](https://everyshaadi.com/concepts/rings)
- [Veils, crowns and the covered head](https://everyshaadi.com/concepts/veil)
- [Henna, turmeric and the decorated bride](https://everyshaadi.com/concepts/henna)
- [The wedding procession and the arrival](https://everyshaadi.com/concepts/procession)
- [Vows, contracts and witnesses](https://everyshaadi.com/concepts/vows)
- [The wedding feast, the cake and the toast](https://everyshaadi.com/concepts/feast)
- [Wedding music and the dance floor](https://everyshaadi.com/concepts/dance)
- [Luck, omens and protection on the day](https://everyshaadi.com/concepts/luck)
- [Auspicious dates, seasons and days to avoid](https://everyshaadi.com/concepts/dates)
- [Bachelor nights, hen parties and showers](https://everyshaadi.com/concepts/before-party)
- [Parents, giving away and the in-laws](https://everyshaadi.com/concepts/family)
- [Wedding money, envelopes and who pays](https://everyshaadi.com/concepts/money)
- [Interfaith, inter-community and same-sex weddings](https://everyshaadi.com/concepts/many-marriages)
- [Elopement, civil, mass and destination weddings](https://everyshaadi.com/concepts/small-weddings)
- [After the wedding: the first night, the return visit, the honeymoon](https://everyshaadi.com/concepts/after)
- [Being a guest: what to wear, bring and say](https://everyshaadi.com/concepts/guest)
- [Hindu](https://everyshaadi.com/faiths/hindu)
- [Buddhist](https://everyshaadi.com/faiths/buddhist)
- [Jain](https://everyshaadi.com/faiths/jain)
- [Muslim](https://everyshaadi.com/faiths/muslim)
- [Jewish](https://everyshaadi.com/faiths/jewish)
- [Catholic](https://everyshaadi.com/faiths/catholic)
- [Orthodox and Eastern Christian](https://everyshaadi.com/faiths/orthodox)
- [Protestant and Anglican](https://everyshaadi.com/faiths/protestant)
- [Sikh](https://everyshaadi.com/faiths/sikh)
- [Zoroastrian and Parsi](https://everyshaadi.com/faiths/zoroastrian)
- [Shinto, Taoist and folk Chinese](https://everyshaadi.com/faiths/shinto)
- [Bahá'í](https://everyshaadi.com/faiths/bahai)
- [Indigenous and traditional](https://everyshaadi.com/faiths/indigenous)
- [Pagan and ancient](https://everyshaadi.com/faiths/pagan)
- [Secular and civil](https://everyshaadi.com/faiths/secular)
- [Symbols](https://everyshaadi.com/symbols)

## Live
- [Today around the world](https://everyshaadi.com/today): days on now, holidays on this date, the wedding clock, wedding tradition of the day
- [GET /api/live](https://everyshaadi.com/api/live): the same as JSON
- [The wedding calendar](https://everyshaadi.com/calendar)
- [Which day to marry](https://everyshaadi.com/weekdays)

## Learn
- [Glossary](https://everyshaadi.com/glossary)

## For agents
- [MCP server](https://everyshaadi.com/mcp): Streamable HTTP, no key needed
- [JSON API](https://everyshaadi.com/developers): GET https://everyshaadi.com/api/v1/<tool>
- [Sitemap](https://everyshaadi.com/sitemap.xml)
- [How complete the catalogue is](https://everyshaadi.com/coverage)