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Wedding programs have become more and more popular as brides and grooms personalize their ceremonies by writing their own vows or include rituals and customs from two religions or cultures. The wedding program serves a number of purposes: it helps explain to your guests what they are witnessing and makes them feel more a part of the celebration; it reflects your personal style; and it provides ...

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If you think the typical white-dress, big party kind of wedding is the standard around the world, you are in for a surprise. Wedding traditions vary enormously around the world, and what we consider standard can be unusual not too far away. Here are some examples of wedding traditions around the world.


Despite the strong western influences in Africa there are several customs among the ...

Updated 10-31-2011 at 04:18 PM by Ajanta Roy

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While it is a bridesmaid’s responsibility to take an active role in all pre-wedding and wedding-day festivities, it is the maid of honor who is in charge of actually making and executing many of those plans. The standard duties of the maid of honor are as follows:

• Escort the bride on any and all reasonable wedding related errands, if possible.
• Initiate the plans ...

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‎ Pre-Wedding Planning , ‎ Wedding Ceremony , ‎ Wedding Planning

Strawberries, white tablecloths, smoked salmon, champagne, wedding cake…these can make a lovely wedding reception. But you could also set up a fabulously draped tent, scatter huge pillows everywhere, set out brass platters of hummus and pita bread, and turn your event into a Moroccan fantasy. Theme weddings can be tons of fun, and they are often more interesting than those that take the usual route. ...

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Blue Jeans or Black Tie?

Determining how formal you want your wedding to be will help you establish the basis for your overall wedding strategy. The level of formality you choose determines, to a great extent, the overall cost of your wedding. Essentially, you can choose from the following four levels of formality:

• Ultra formal
• Formal
• Semiformal ...

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