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A wedding is a ceremony where two people are united in marriage. Wedding traditions harga paket wedding pekanbaru and customs vary greatly between cultures, ethnic groups, religions, countries, and social classes. 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. Many weddings are religious events. Therefore, the influence of religion is significant. The "white wedding" in Europe and the United States, which has become mainstream worldwide, is deeply related to Christianity values.Common elements across cultures[edit]

Some cultures have adopted the traditional Western custom of the white wedding, in which a bride wears a white wedding dress and veil. This tradition was popularized through the marriage of Queen Victoria.[1] Some say Victoria's choice of a white gown may have simply been a sign of extravagance, but may have also been influenced by the values she held which emphasized sexual purity.[2] Western culture has long followed the tradition of wearing white on one’s wedding day.[3] It continues to be prevalent amongst contemporary brides and as Wedding Wire, a wedding company reports, about 85 percent of brides still choose to wear a white wedding dress because in its typical fashion, it has remained steady through the years.[4] "Color Wheel Pro" describes[5] white in association with light, goodness, innocence, purity and virginity. White is also often considered to be the color of perfection.[3] As for other significant meanings for white on a wedding day, “colormeaning.com” says, “In color psychology, white is the color of new beginnings — wiping the slate clean. The color white is a blank canvas, just waiting to be written on.”[6] In Western culture, white is the color jasa dekorasi pernikahan pekanbaru most often associated with innocence, or purity.[7] In the Bible and in Temple Judaism, white animals such as lambs were sacrificed to expiate sins. The white lily is considered the flower of purity and innocence, and is often associated with the Virgin Mary. White is the color in Western culture most often associated with beginnings. Christ after the Resurrection is traditionally portrayed dressed in white. In Christianity, children are baptized and first take communion wearing white. Baptisms are especially tied to white since the person is making a religious commitment to be pure and clean before God. Religious rites and the clothing associated with them have always been important, and white is often a common color used to express high religious commitment and purity.[3] Nowadays, with the spread of Western culture, white wedding dresses are worn in many countries and regions around the world. In 2018, about 83% of brides in the United States wore white dresses on their big day, according to a informasi lapangan by Brides Magazine.[8]

The use of a wedding ring has long been part of religious weddings in Europe and America, but the origin of the tradition is unclear. One possibility is the Roman belief in the Vena amoris, which was believed to be a blood vessel that ran from the fourth finger (ring finger) directly to the heart. Thus, when a couple wore rings on this finger, their hearts were connected. Historian Vicki Howard points out that the belief in the "ancient" quality of the practice is most likely a modern invention.[9] In the United States of America, a groom's wedding band has not appeared until the early 20th century,[10] while in Europe it has been part of the tradition since the ancient Romans, as witnessed by the jurist Gaius.

The exit from the wedding ceremony is also called the "send off", and often includes traditional practices, such as the newlyweds and the wedding party bowing and kissing the knees of the elders in Ethiopian weddings. The send off often includes throwing rice (a symbol of prosperity and fertility)[11] or other seeds at the newlyweds in most of the Western world,[12] as well as for example India[11] and Malaysia.[13] Despite fears of the opposite, the use of uncooked rice for this purpose is not harmful to birds.[14] Shoe tossing in place of rice has also been used in several cultures.[15]

The wedding ceremony is often followed by wedding reception or a wedding wedding organizer pekanbaru terbaik breakfast, in which the rituals may include speeches from the groom, best man, father of the bride and possibly the bride,[16] the newlyweds' first dance as a couple, and the cutting of an elegant wedding cake. In recent years traditions have changed to include a father-daughter dance for the bride and her father, and sometimes also a mother-son dance for the groom and his mother.Traditional wedding attire[edit]Western dress codeWedding dress (or bridal gown), a special dress worn by the bride.

Traditional western wedding veilWedding veil, popularized by Queen Victoria, was a long-held custom in which the 'purity' and 'innocence' of the bride could thwart away evil spirits.Morning dress, western daytime wedding organizer pekanbaru formal dressWhite tie ("evening dress" in the U.K; very formal evening attire)Black tie or Evening Suit ("dinner jacket" in the U.K; often referred to as a "tuxedo" in the U.S; traditionally appropriate only for use after 6:00 p.m.StrollerLounge suitNon-traditional "tuxedo" variants (colored jackets/ties, "wedding suits")Ao dai, traditional garments of VietnamBarong Tagalog, an embroidered, formal men's garment of the PhilippinesBatik and Kebaya, a garment worn by the Javanese people of Indonesia and also by the Malay people of MalaysiaDashiki, the traditional West African wedding attireDhoti, male garment in South IndiaHanbok, the traditional garment of KoreaKilt, male garment particular to Scottish culture[17][18][19]Kittel, a white robe worn by the groom at an Orthodox Jewish wedding. The kittel is worn only under the chuppah, and is removed before the reception.Kua (or 裙褂 [kwàhn kwáa]), Chinese traditional formal wearRibbon shirt, often worn by American Indian men on auspicious occasions, such as weddings, another common custom is to wrap bride and groom in a blanketSampot, traditional dress in CambodiaSari/Lehenga, Indian popular and traditional dress in IndiaSeshweshe, a female dress worn by the Basotho women during special ceremonies. Although it has recently been adopted to men attire as well.Sherwani, a long coat-like garment worn in South AsiaShiromuku Kimono, a traditional wedding garment in JapanTiara, or wedding crown, worn by Syrian and Greek couples (which are called "τα στέφανα," which literally means "wreaths") and Scandinavian bridesTopor, a type of conical headgear traditionally worn by grooms as part of the Bengali Hindu wedding ceremonyDifferent wedding clothing around the world

Khmer (Cambodian) wedding in traditional outfits

A bride and a bridegroom in Nepal

Japanese bride and bridegroom

Wedding 1935 in Barcelona, Spain

Groom in the traditional dress of Bangladesh in a wedding ceremony.

Armenian Wedding at Khor Virap

Aadiwasi tribal marriage groom bride, IndiaWedding music[edit]Western weddings[edit]

Music played at Western weddings includes a processional song for walking down the aisle (ex: wedding march) either before or after the marriage service. An example of such use is reported in the wedding of Nora Robinson and Alexander Kirkman Finlay in 1878.[20]

The "Bridal Chorus" from Lohengrin by Richard Wagner, commonly known as "Here Comes the Bride", is often used as the processional. Wagner is said to have been anti-Semitic,[21] and as a result, the Bridal Chorus is normally not used at Jewish weddings.[22] UK law forbids music with any religious connotations to be used in a civil ceremony.[23]

Johann Pachelbel's Canon in D is an alternative processional.[24] Other alternatives include various contemporary melodies, such as Bob Marley's One Love, which is sometimes performed by a steel drum band.[10]