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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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🇬🇧 London, United KingdomFleet marriage Secret weddings performed in London's Fleet Prison before the law required church ceremonies.Vow · The ceremony 🇬🇧 United Kingdom and 3 moreCivil ceremony A secular marriage rite performed by a government official at a licensed venue.Vow · The ceremony

🇺🇦 Chernivtsi, Ukraine and 1 moreVyshyvanka DayДень вишиванки The annual celebration where people wear embroidered shirts to show national unity and identitySetting

🇩🇪 GermanyLandshut WeddingLandshuter Hochzeit A four-year historical pageant in Bavaria re-enacting the 1475 royal marriage of George and Hedwig.Setting · Engagement and betrothal 🇬🇧 London, United Kingdom and 1 moreSame-sex marriage in Akrotiri and Dhekelia Legal same-sex weddings for British military personnel on the Sovereign Base Areas of Cyprus.Modern · The ceremony

🇧🇪 Belgium and 1 moreProcessional giants and dragonsGéants et dragons processionnels Large costumed figures carried in street festivals across Belgium and France.Setting · Procession and arrival

Photo credits on this page

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

Landshut Wedding: Oktobersonne, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
Fleet marriage: Unknown author, Public domain, source
Vyshyvanka Day: Vasily Andreevich Tropinin, Public domain, source
Processional giants and dragons: No machine-readable author provided. Carolus assumed (based on copyrig, CC BY 2.5, source

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