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Wedding
Ceremony where people are united in marriage / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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A wedding is a ceremony where two people are united in marriage. Wedding traditions and customs vary greatly between cultures, ethnic groups, races, religions, denominations, countries, social classes, and sexual orientations. Most wedding ceremonies involve an exchange of marriage vows by a couple, presentation of a gift (offering, rings, symbolic item, flowers, money, dress), and a public proclamation of marriage by an authority figure or celebrant. Special wedding garments are often worn, and the ceremony is sometimes followed by a wedding reception. Music, poetry, prayers, or readings from religious texts or literature are also commonly incorporated into the ceremony, as well as superstitious customs.
Kashmiri Hindu wedding (India)
Muslim wedding (Tunisia)
Roman Catholic white wedding (Philippines)
Same-sex civil wedding (United States)
Roman Catholic wedding portrait (Poland)