Wedding traditions of Latin America and the Caribbean
Padrinos and arras, the Andean wedding, the dollar dance and the long Caribbean celebration. 19 traditions on EveryShaadi so far.
Countries
🇦🇬 Antigua and Barbuda 0🇦🇷 Argentina 7🇧🇸 Bahamas 0🇧🇧 Barbados 1🇧🇿 Belize 2🇧🇴 Bolivia 3🇧🇷 Brazil 11🇨🇱 Chile 1🇨🇴 Colombia 2🇨🇷 Costa Rica 1🇨🇺 Cuba 1🇩🇲 Dominica 0🇩🇴 Dominican Republic 1🇪🇨 Ecuador 2🇸🇻 El Salvador 0🇬🇩 Grenada 0🇬🇹 Guatemala 2🇬🇾 Guyana 0🇭🇹 Haiti 0🇭🇳 Honduras 2🇯🇲 Jamaica 1🇳🇮 Nicaragua 2🇵🇦 Panama 1🇵🇾 Paraguay 1🇵🇪 Peru 3🇵🇷 Puerto Rico 0🇰🇳 Saint Kitts and Nevis 0🇱🇨 Saint Lucia 0🇻🇨 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 0🇸🇷 Suriname 2🇹🇹 Trinidad and Tobago 0🇺🇾 Uruguay 2🇻🇪 Venezuela 1
Cities and towns
On the calendar
🇧🇷 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
🇧🇷 Salvador, BrazilPuxada de Rede
A Brazilian dance that reenacts the tragic retrieval of a fisherman's body from the sea.Performance · The weeks before
🇧🇿 Belize and 3 moreHunguhungu
A swaying circular dance by Garifuna women that blends African rhythms with community messages.Performance · The weeks before
🇧🇷 Salvador, BrazilPuxada de Rede
A Brazilian dance that reenacts the tragic retrieval of a fisherman's body from the sea.Performance · The weeks before
🇧🇿 Belize and 3 moreHunguhungu
A swaying circular dance by Garifuna women that blends African rhythms with community messages.Performance · The weeks before
Photo credits on this page
The small pictures above come from Wikimedia Commons under free licences. Some are cropped to fit.
- Puxada de Rede: SebáNeto, CC BY-SA 4.0, source