The Stone Ceremony, and other added things to personalize ceremony
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Thursday, April 09, 2009 10:25 PM
The Stone Ceremony usually involves using highly polished small stones. The
stones are presented to guests, family and the wedding party on their arrival. This is
yet another great way to involve everyone present.
The guests hold these stones and make a loving wish for the couple’s life together. Some couples provide felt
tipped pens for the guests and family to write their names and to add their wish.
The stones are then collected and placed in a container as a memento.
Be Different
There are a number of variations to this uniting and highly symbolic
ceremony. Some couples may choose to use seashells, dried flowers,
glass or crystal.
If you wish, the stone ceremony can be even further developed. It is
possible to integrate the sand ceremony or water ceremony. The couple
can pour different colored sand or water onto the stones in the
container. Not only have guests and family “Wished Upon A Stone”, but
also the couple have now declared that their lives have become one.
The stones are symbolic of the separate lives both led until they met.
Now the united loving guests and family have enriched their lives.
Each stone represents a special wish that the couple can take with them to reflect on during their married life together.
New stones can be added each year, at the anniversary of your wedding.
Honey Ceremony
As honey is a symbol of the sweetness of life, Bride and Groom each dips a finger into a small bowl of honey and then
to the tongue of their loved one.
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Officiant:
Honey is a symbol of the sweetness in life. And so, with this dish of honey, we proclaim this day as a
day of great joy and celebration. A sweet day to remember.
Groom dips his pinky finger into the honey and touches the Bride's tongue.
Bride dips her pinky finger into the honey and touches the Groom's tongue.
Officiant:
As together you now share this honey, so may you now share perfectlove and devotion to each other,
share your lives together, and thereby may you find life's joys doubly gladdened, it's bitterness
sweetened, and all things hallowed by time, companionship and love. |
Breaking Bread Ceremony: The bride and groom tear off pieces of
bread, and then each eat a piece. Sometimes the bread is also shared
with family and friends. It symbolizes their future as a family
together.
and many more ideas for incorporating you heritage
http://www.weddingguideuk.com/articles/features/traditions.asp