I'm getting married next year, and we're having a borderline wedding (not strict traditional, but not super excentric or anything). I'm looking for an alternate idea to a unity candle/sand ceremony. We'd like to have something symbolizing our unity, but not in those traditional ways. I'm American and he's 100% Irish. Something combining cultures would be neat, but nothing cheesy and stereotypical like shamrocks or rainbows... Ideas???
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Re: Unity Candle Alternative
I had never even heard of the sand ceremony till I started planning my wedding.
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okay that sounds weird..
There is a poem that talks about giving away pieces of yourself to everyone, but you always hold one peice until you know exactly who its meant for, because you become whole when your "pieces" join together. So we have a square vase of rose petals that we will scatter around the "altar" area while we recite, and pull out our rings at the end.
We're not doing a church ceremony, obviously, but I think it will be a creative alternative to the sand or unity candle.
let me know if you'd like to see the poem
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[QUOTE]I heard about something called the Oathing Stone. During your vows, you hold onto a stone and the idea is that the vows are then "set in stone." We're both geologists, so we're fond of that idea.
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