Tag: wedding traditions
Humanist wedding 101: structuring your ceremony
A humanist wedding ceremony offers ultimate freedom and flexibility. As long as you include legal declarations and have two witnesses pretty much everything else can be personalised! Looking for some ideas and a place to start? We’ve got you. We…
Humanist wedding 101: busting ceremony myths
Humanist Wedding 101: Busting Ceremony Myths When it comes to planning a wedding, advice tends to fly in from every direction, and so do the myths! With so many rituals and traditions (often centuries old) still floating around, it can…
Real Wedding: Medieval Magic…
A medieval themed wedding was the perfect choice for renaissance fair fans Amanda and Josh who married at the enchanting Fortar Castle, Angus.
Involving friends and family in your ceremony
One of the most special things about your wedding day is getting to share it with your nearest and dearest. For many, involving friends and family in the ceremony can make things even more personalised and meaningful. Whether you are…
Real wedding: T in the Park…
T in the Park led to Party at the Oran Mor As huge fans of live music, Colin and Kathryn certainly did their research when it came to choosing a band for their special day. Sadly there were no wedding…
Real wedding: Camaraderie…
Camaraderie was the order of the day By sheer coincidence, serving soldiers, Jack and Charlotte, chose a former serviceman to marry them. In a previous life, humanist celebrant Robbie Sharpe served in the Royal Air Force and, although they ultimately…
Are wedding favours still a thing?
There’s no compulsion to provide favours at all. More and more couples are opting to ditch them entirely, with some opting to donate to a charity instead. However, if you’d like to offer favours, try to make them something that…
Unity candle
A unity candle is a symbolic way of showing the joining of a couple in marriage. You will each light a candle representing you as two individuals – ‘twin flames’ – usually before you make your legal declarations. After you…
Quaich
A quaich is a Scottish two-handled drinking cup, often referred to as the cup of life. Drinking from the quaich is one of many wedding rituals often included in humanist wedding ceremonies. The history behind it Drinking from a quaich…
Wedding band warming
If you’re exchanging rings as an outward symbol of your love for one another, you can choose to have them ‘warmed’ first. The symbolism of a wedding band warming ceremony is that your wedding rings have been ‘warmed’ forever by…
Handfasting
Handfasting is an ancient celtic marriage ritual and is thought to be where the expression ‘tying the knot’ came from. This is one of the most popular symbolic gestures, or rituals, in humanist wedding ceremonies. It even featured in popular…