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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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🇮🇱 Jerusalem, Israel and 3 moreJewish wedding The ceremony and laws that bind a couple in Jewish marriage, from the canopy to the glass.Rite · Engagement and betrothal

🇸🇾 Syria and 3 moreAssyrian wedding Marriage ceremonies blending ancient Assyrian rites with modern cultural practices among the Assyrian people.Rite · Finding a match

🇮🇷 Tehran, Iran and 1 moreIranian weddingمراسم عروسی در ایران A multi-stage ceremony rooted in Zoroastrianism and Islam that binds families through courtship, feasts, and sacred vowsRite · Finding a match 🇮🇱 Israel and 1 moreBaháʼí marriage A spiritual union requiring parental consent and a specific vow to establish harmony between partners.Rite · Finding a match 🇮🇶 Baghdad, IraqWedding traditions in Iraq A structured sequence of arranged matches, religious vows, and family feasts across Iraqi communities.Betrothal · Finding a match

🇸🇾 Syria and 3 moreMystery of Crowning The crowning ritual in Eastern Christian weddings that marks the couple as king and queen.Rite · The ceremony

🇸🇦 Mecca, Saudi ArabiaSa'yeeالسعي The seven trips between two hills in Mecca that complete the Hajj and Umrah pilgrimages.Rite · The ceremony

🇮🇱 IsraelHalizahחליצה (ḥălīṣā) The Jewish rite that frees a childless widow from the duty to marry her deceased husband's brother.Rite · After the wedding

Photo credits on this page

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

Jewish wedding: Jozef Israëls, Public domain, source
Sa'yee: Aiman titi, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
Halizah: Daderot, CC0, source
Iranian wedding: Flickr.com user "avlxyz", CC BY-SA 2.0, source
Assyrian wedding: Yucalyptus, CC0, source
Mystery of Crowning: Shakko, CC BY-SA 3.0, source

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