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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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🇺🇬 UgandaEkitaguriro A traditional Ankole dance celebrating cattle and community milestones like marriage.Performance · The wedding feast

🇷🇼 Rwanda and 1 moreIntore A traditional Rwandan and Burundian war dance performed by men to celebrate heroism and historyPerformance · The wedding feast

🇬🇭 GhanaAdowa dance A traditional Akan dance from Ghana that uses hand and foot movements to express emotions at weddings and other ceremoniPerformance · Procession and arrival

🇷🇴 Romania and 5 moreKlezmerקלעזמער The instrumental wedding music of Ashkenazi Jews, blending Eastern European and Jewish ritual melodies.Performance · Engagement and betrothal

🇺🇬 UgandaOkeme A lively Lango folk dance performed at weddings to bring the community together.Performance · Engagement and betrothal

Photo credits on this page

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

Intore: Ji-Elle, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
Okeme: Emma Oruk, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
Ekitaguriro: Aubry Arihona, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
Klezmer: Unknown artist identified as "M.D.", Public domain, source
Adowa dance: Quami43, CC BY-SA 4.0, source

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