Wedding traditions of Latin America and the Caribbean
Padrinos and arras, the Andean wedding, the dollar dance and the long Caribbean celebration. 6 traditions on EveryShaadi so far.
Countries
🇦🇬 Antigua and Barbuda 0🇦🇷 Argentina 3🇧🇸 Bahamas 0🇧🇧 Barbados 0🇧🇿 Belize 0🇧🇴 Bolivia 1🇧🇷 Brazil 4🇨🇱 Chile 1🇨🇴 Colombia 0🇨🇷 Costa Rica 1🇨🇺 Cuba 1🇩🇲 Dominica 0🇩🇴 Dominican Republic 0🇪🇨 Ecuador 0🇸🇻 El Salvador 0🇬🇩 Grenada 0🇬🇹 Guatemala 1🇬🇾 Guyana 0🇭🇹 Haiti 0🇭🇳 Honduras 0🇯🇲 Jamaica 0🇳🇮 Nicaragua 1🇵🇦 Panama 1🇵🇾 Paraguay 0🇵🇪 Peru 1🇵🇷 Puerto Rico 0🇰🇳 Saint Kitts and Nevis 0🇱🇨 Saint Lucia 0🇻🇨 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 0🇸🇷 Suriname 0🇹🇹 Trinidad and Tobago 0🇺🇾 Uruguay 1🇻🇪 Venezuela 0
Cities and towns
On the calendar
🇵🇦 PanamaTamborito
A Panamanian courtship dance performed in a circle with drums and female chorusPerformance · The wedding feast
🇨🇱 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
🇨🇺 Havana, Cuba and 5 moreConga line
A long processing line dance that links dancers in single file to a rhythmic drum beat.Performance · Reception, dance and gifts
🇧🇷 Brazil and 1 moreDia dos Namorados
Brazil's June 12 celebration of romance, held on the eve of Saint Anthony's feast day.Betrothal · The weeks before
🇦🇷 Buenos Aires, ArgentinaSame-sex marriage in ArgentinaMatrimonio igualitario
The legal recognition of same-sex unions that made Argentina the first nation in Latin America to permit them.Modern · Engagement and betrothal
🇺🇾 Montevideo, UruguaySame-sex marriage in Uruguay
The legal recognition of marriage for same-sex couples in Uruguay since 2013Modern · The ceremony
🇨🇱 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
🇨🇺 Havana, Cuba and 5 moreConga line
A long processing line dance that links dancers in single file to a rhythmic drum beat.Performance · Reception, dance and gifts
🇧🇷 Brazil and 1 moreDia dos Namorados
Brazil's June 12 celebration of romance, held on the eve of Saint Anthony's feast day.Betrothal · The weeks before
🇦🇷 Buenos Aires, ArgentinaSame-sex marriage in ArgentinaMatrimonio igualitario
The legal recognition of same-sex unions that made Argentina the first nation in Latin America to permit them.Modern · Engagement and betrothal
🇺🇾 Montevideo, UruguaySame-sex marriage in Uruguay
The legal recognition of marriage for same-sex couples in Uruguay since 2013Modern · The ceremony
Photo credits on this page
The small pictures above come from Wikimedia Commons under free licences. Some are cropped to fit.
- Same-sex marriage in Argentina: Víctor Buggé, CC BY 2.0, source
- Cueca: Manuel Antonio Caro, Public domain, source
- Conga line: U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Derek J. Hu, Public domain, source