WesternWeddings.ppt

Something old A bride may wear or carry something old to represent her continued ties to her family and her old life. Many brides wear a piece of family jewelry as their old item. Some brides wear the wedding dress worn by their mother or grandmother. People believe that fragrant flowers or spices can ward off evil spirits, bad luck and disease. Standing Position The bride should stand on the left side of the groom. Why? Why there are so many people wearingsimilar dresses as the bride and the groom? It is said that on the wedding, the evil ghosts who envy the happy couple will come out to hurt them. But if there are many people in the similar dresses, it is difficult for the ghosts to recognize the bride and the groom. Before the end of single life, the bride’s single friends will hold a party for her so that she can officially bid farewell to her former single life. Wedding Vows Priest: Dearly beloved, we are gathered here today to join this man and this woman in holy matriomony. Do either of you have any reason why you should not legally be joined in marriage? (大家好，我们今天在这里出席这位男士和这位女士的神圣的婚礼。 请问你们俩彼此当中，位有谁有什么理由认为你们的婚盟不合法吗?) Is there anyone present who can show any just cause why these two people should not be legally joined in marriage? (如果任何人知道有什么理由使得这次婚姻不能成立,就请说出来) Then, (full name of the groom/bride here), “Do you take this woman （man）to be your lawful wedded wife（husband）to live together in the holy estate matrimony???Will you love her（him）, cherish her（him）, keep her（him）, honor her（him）in sickness or in health and forsaking all others, be faithful to her（him）, so long as you both shall live??? bride/bridegroom: I, (name), take you, (name), to be my [opt: lawfully wedded] (husband/wife), my constant friend, my faithful pa