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submitted: Jul 30th 2008 | by: AmandaMaseko | Total views: 1 | Word Count: 478 | |

When two people get married whether in a civil ceremony or religious one, it is called a wedding. The legal act of marriage generally occurs at the time of signing a marriage license or other legal document, and the wedding is then an opportunity to perform a traditional ceremony and celebrate with friends and family.

There are a great many wedding traditions around the world but the terms bride and groom before the couple are married and wife and husband seem to be universal. Of course other wedding traditions can be much more complicated as soon as you look into different race, social classes and ethnic groups to name a few.

Many people, whether religious or not, still prefer to have a traditional wedding performed by a recognized religious minister in a Church of their choice. Primarily in the United Kingdom, Ireland, the United States and the British Commonwealth, these ceremonies are known as white weddings.

A double wedding is a single ceremony where two couples rendezvous for two separate weddings. This type of wedding ceremony is often organized by a person that has a sibling that wants to get married at the same time.

A destination wedding is any wedding in which the engaged couple and or a majority of their guests travel to attend the ceremony. It doesn't matter exactly where you travel to, whether it is in Egypt or just to Las Vegas it will still be considered a destination wedding.

Whilst it is quite normal for the Irish to have three day weddings, more couples are taking the hint and having their weddings over a weekend which gives them more time to enjoy the occasion. Other weddings come under the term of either themed or special activity weddings which usually take place over a weekend period. This is quite a good idea especially if the bride and groom have similar interests as both they and their guests can stay at the same location.

An online wedding is a wedding that is either conducted on the internet, or can be an event that resembles a normal wedding when two people who wish their characters, perhaps in a game, to be married. Planning is made easy, with online wedding guides where reliable and friendly vendors are listed. This does actually have an interesting angle where relatives and friends from around the world can see the wedding take place in real time without actually being there.

Civil weddings have to be carried out by a local justice of the peace, judge, Civil wedding ceremonies may use references to God, but generally they do not make references to a particular religion or denomination. Often, this type of service will take place in a judge's chambers, town or city hall or any other specially designated place.

The information provided here is mainly about weddings and marriage in the Western world primarily based on and around Christian beliefs.

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