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All wedding traditions

674 traditions so far, best known first. 108 more are on the list to be written. Filter by region, kind and stage of the wedding.

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🇮🇱 Israel and 2 moreKetubahכְּתוּבָּה The Jewish marriage contract that outlines the groom's financial and personal obligations to the bride.Vow · Engagement and betrothal

🇮🇱 Israel and 3 moreChuppahחֻפָּה (ḥuppā) The four-poster canopy that marks the Jewish wedding ceremony and symbolizes the couple's new home.Setting · The ceremony

🇨🇾 Pano Lefkara, CyprusLefkara laceLefkaritika The intricate white cotton embroidery from Cyprus that forms a bride's essential dowry collection.Attire · Engagement and betrothal

🇮🇷 Isfahan, IranDebit trousersShalvār Debit (شلوار دبیت) The wide black cotton trousers worn by Bakhtiari men as a badge of tribal identity.Attire · The ceremony 🇮🇷 Bojnord, Iran and 1 moreTurkmen embroidery Intricate silk embroidery on wedding and daily wear that marks territorial identity and family skill.Attire · The weeks before

🇮🇱 Jerusalem, Israel and 1 moreBekisheבעקישע (bekishe) or בעקעטשע (beketche) A long black coat worn by Hasidic men on the Sabbath and at weddings.Attire · The ceremony

Photo credits on this page

The small pictures above come from Wikimedia Commons under free licences. Some are cropped to fit.

Lefkara lace: Cyprus Tourism CH, CC BY 2.0, source
Debit trousers: Niloofar Rakhshan, CC BY 4.0, source
Ketubah: Unknown author, Public domain, source
Bekishe: JJ211219 at English Wikipedia, Public domain, source
Chuppah: me, Public domain, source

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