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A wedding is a civil or religious ceremony at which the beginning of a marriage is celebrated.
Customs
General customs
Wedding ceremonies may contain any number of different elements, however most contain wedding vows of some kind and a proclamation of marriage, usually by the officiant.Other elements may include music, poetry, prayer, scripture, or other traditions. In most societies a number of traditions or customs have emerged around the wedding ceremony, many of which have lost their original symbolic meaning in the modern world. Other wedding traditions are relatively recent. Some elements of the Western wedding ceremony symbolize the bride's departure from her father's control and entry into a new family with her husband. In modern Western weddings, this symbolism is largely vestigial, since husband and wife are of equal power and status. Recently in some cultures, same-sex weddings have begun to be celebrated.
The Western custom of the bride wearing a white wedding dress, came to symbolize purity in the Victorian era (despite popular misconception and the hackneyed jokes of situation comedies the white dress did not actually indicate virginity, which was symbolized by a face veil). Within the "white wedding" tradition, a white dress and veil would not have been considered appropriate in the second or third wedding of a widow or divorcee. The specific conventions of Western weddings largely from a Protestant and Catholic viewpoint, are discussed at "White wedding."
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Aquifolium - Offer handmade wedding cakes, floral arrangements and bridesmaid design and sew service. Based in Nottinghamshire.
Bonny Studio - Offers limousine hire, wedding stationery, favours and balloons.
Meta Description: [ We cater for wedding needs, and hire out our stretch limos for all events ]
Carisma Weddings - Wedding services including car and dress hire. Based in Warwickshire.
Meta Description: [ Carisma Limited, Vintage Rolls Royce, Wedding Gowns and Mens Wear. Based in Warwick & Leamington Spa, Warwickshire ]
Charisma Cars and B.J. Fearnley Photography - Fleet of 1920s style cars available for weddings in Yorkshire. Also details of wedding photography.
Meta Description: [ (Wedding cars and Photographers (Weddings) in West Yorkshire (UK)..) ]
Flemming Hartmann Andersen - London based professional make-up artist for bridal and special occasions.
Floral Inspirations - Providing original floral designs for weddings. Based in Farnham, Surrey.
Meta Description: [ Professional Floral designs for Special Occasions Based in Fleet, Floral Inspirations can provide florist designed decorations for special occasions - from weddings to a special dinner party ]
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Groom Service - Bridegroom service which organises stag events, clothing, gifts, footware, offers help with speech writing and general wedding logistics.
Meta Description: [ Everything for the bridegroom including formalwear to hire or purchase, footwear, underwear, stag functions and speech writing, giftware for bridesmaids, best man and ushers with a personal service. ]
Italian Options - A trade supplier of Italian bonbonieri, ribbons, flowers, tulle and giftware. Company information and online brochures.
MusicMan Events - Online Music Booking Agency Event Management. Providing live bands and artists for all events throughout the UK.
Meta Description: [ MusicMan Events - The Live Music & Event
Experts. One of the UK's largest live music services. Huge selection of the
UK's top live bands, artists and mobile discos/DJs for hire. Great value
entertainment packages to suit any event or budget. Extensive artist
information, great value discounts... ]
Paul Deacon - Professional Toastmaster. Site details testimonials, photographs and booking procedures.
Meta Description: [ Paul Deacon - The Top People's Toastmaster. Help make your event run smoothly with a toastmaster to help organise the event. Come to Paul Deacon for 'Outstanding professionalism' and an all round 'fantastic day'! ]
Rosy Posy - Hand made silk flowers designed to your own personal specification.
Scottish Bride - Portal offering planners, tips, advice, information and a regionally organised directory of companies offering wedding services.
Meta Description: [ Scottishbride wedding resources for weddings
in Scotland contains wedding planner,
beauty planner, wedding services
]
Smart Wedding Lists - Provide a system whereby guests help to pay for the honeymoon rather than purchasing wedding gifts. Details of service and costs.
Meta Description: [ SmartWeddingLists.com - guests buy you gifts, you receive cash! ]
Something Old, Something New - Oxford based wedding organiser and service company.
Meta Description: [ Something Old, Something New, Something Borrowed, Something Blue, Wedding Services based in Banbury ]
Strawberry Fair - Wedding list service for retailer offering ceramics, gifts and collectors items.
Meta Description: [ Strawberry Fair Online Wedding List Service -
View Lists and Reserve Items. ]
Sweet Art - Unique edible art from national and international gold award winning sugar sculptor.
Meta Description: [ unique cakes, corporate cakes, corporate sculptures, wacky sugar sculptures, ceramic figure sculptures, wedding cakes, cororate events, Longlasting ]
The Indian Wedding Company - Wedding planning and for sourcing Mandaps, catering, and venues. Catering for Hindu, Sikh, Muslim or even mixed faiths.
The Wedding Fair - Organisers of wedding fairs, bridal fashion shows and weddings. Site features a wedding services directory.
Meta Description: [ Simon Martins, DJ and compere, has been in the frontline of entertainment for over 20 years and brings a wealth of experience to any event. Previous clients include Hewlett-Packard, HSBC, Natwest and members of the 1966 World Cup team. An average week for Simon might include compering at a 5 star... ]
Turquoise - Contemporary handcrafted wedding stationery and favours, tiaras and hair accessories, jewellery and cake decorations. Includes product gallery.
We.are-in-love.com - Offering custom made websites to announce weddings or engagements. Includes details of services.
Meta Description: [ We.are-in-love.com creates beautiful, custom made websites to announce your wedding or engagement and to show off your beautiful wedding and honeymoon photographs in a creative and truly personal fashion.
So that you can tell the world, 'We are in love' in your own unique way. ]
Webconfetti - Specialise in designing one off personal wedding websites. Features portfolio, supplier directory and wedding planner.
Meta Description: [ Webconfetti, the complete UK wedding site. We specialise in writing personalised wedding websites as well as offering brides and grooms many other services and competitions ]
WebDesignforWeddings.com - Details of packages for a web site about your wedding. Includes portfolio, package and pricing details.
Meta Description: [ The first internet search engine for domain offers, which are for sale. We have over 3.000.000 domains in our database. If you have domains/URLs to offer, place your free ad here! ]
Wedding in One - A wedding package in a country house hotel in the South West of England.
Wedding List Services - Offers you the opportunity to browse and create your wedding list online.
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