Wedding traditions of Latin America and the Caribbean
Padrinos and arras, the Andean wedding, the dollar dance and the long Caribbean celebration. 7 traditions on EveryShaadi so far.
Countries
🇦🇬 Antigua and Barbuda 0🇦🇷 Argentina 3🇧🇸 Bahamas 0🇧🇧 Barbados 1🇧🇿 Belize 0🇧🇴 Bolivia 2🇧🇷 Brazil 5🇨🇱 Chile 1🇨🇴 Colombia 0🇨🇷 Costa Rica 1🇨🇺 Cuba 1🇩🇲 Dominica 0🇩🇴 Dominican Republic 0🇪🇨 Ecuador 1🇸🇻 El Salvador 0🇬🇩 Grenada 0🇬🇹 Guatemala 1🇬🇾 Guyana 0🇭🇹 Haiti 0🇭🇳 Honduras 0🇯🇲 Jamaica 1🇳🇮 Nicaragua 1🇵🇦 Panama 1🇵🇾 Paraguay 1🇵🇪 Peru 2🇵🇷 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
🇧🇷 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
🇵🇪 Peru and 4 moreBride service
Labor provided by the groom to the bride's family as part of the marriage arrangement.Gift custom · Finding a match
🇨🇱 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
🇧🇷 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
🇵🇪 Peru and 4 moreBride service
Labor provided by the groom to the bride's family as part of the marriage arrangement.Gift custom · Finding a match
Photo credits on this page
The small pictures above come from Wikimedia Commons under free licences. Some are cropped to fit.
- Cueca: Manuel Antonio Caro, Public domain, source