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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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🇬🇷 Crete, Greece and 1 moreSyrtosΣυρτός A traditional Greek line dance where partners hold hands and follow a leader through slow and quick steps.Performance · Reception, dance and gifts 🇬🇧 Newquay, United KingdomTroyl A Cornish barn dance or social gathering featuring music, song, and communal dancing.Performance · Reception, dance and gifts

🇮🇹 Viterbo, ItalyMacchina di Santa Rosa The annual procession in Viterbo where men carry a towering structure to honor their patron saint.Blessing · Procession and arrival

🇷🇸 Serbia and 5 moreČočekčočек (Serbian/Macedonian), кючек (Bulgarian), çyçek/qyqek (Albanian), sistemul (Romanian), Tsifteteli (Greek) A Balkan wedding dance with a distinctive nine-beat rhythm, kept alive by Romani musicians and village celebrations.Performance · The wedding feast

🇷🇴 Romania and 5 moreKlezmerקלעזמער The instrumental dance music played by Ashkenazi Jewish musicians at weddings in Eastern Europe and beyondPerformance · Engagement and betrothal

🇺🇦 Ukraine and 2 moreQaytarma A Crimean Tatar folk dance of cyclical motion performed at weddings and holidays.Performance · Reception, dance and gifts

🇬🇧 Edinburgh, United Kingdom and 5 moreScottish country dance A social group dance where couples trace progressive patterns to traditional Scottish musicPerformance · Reception, dance and gifts

🇬🇧 United Kingdom and 5 moreWhite tie The highest level of formal Western evening attire for men and womenAttire · The ceremony

Photo credits on this page

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

Qaytarma: Gottfried Heinrich Geißler, Public domain, source
Klezmer: Syrena Records (Warsaw), Public domain, source
Syrtos: Muriel Pécastaing-Boissière pour Cédric Boissière, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
Macchina di Santa Rosa: Amras Carnesîr, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
Čoček: Модернист, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
Scottish country dance: © James F. Perry, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
White tie: jonlo168, CC BY-SA 2.0, source

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