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The Perfect Wedding Officiant for Your Traditional Celtic Wedding Ceremony in La Joya, New Mexico
Events recognizing Celtic roots and also practices have long been preferred. From the stirring cry of the bag pipe to the outfit of formal tartan and kilt, weddings based on facets of Celtic tradition can provide lasting memories. Facets of these wedding celebrations can include part or every one of the following:
Anam Cara - Essentially, the Hearts Partner, this practice is a special ceremony celebrating the development of a timeless love now and forever more. This event of the elements; to the Celts the 4 elements Earth, Fire, Water and Air were the structures on which an effective connection were built.
Anam Cara
This custom was adjusted as Christianity moved right into the Celtic lands and continues to be a fantastic way to include family and friends in your event.
Handfasting
Handfasting - A ceremony dating back to antiquity, Handfasting is a practice of marriage before the availability of rings and precious metals. The couple would take a piece of cloth or rope and before their families and friends, proclaim their love and intent by stating a couple of words and binding themselves with each other symbolically with the cordage. It is from this custom we still refer to marriage as "tying the knot".
Oathing Stone -- What better place to place the pledges of a life time as well as eternity than in the heart of a stone? The oathing stone is held by the couple while their promises are stated, then in some practices is tossed into a deep body of water to hold those promises for evermore. Today that stone could be kept as a remembrance of this big day.
Oathing Stone
The Quaich - Initially crafted from wood the twin handled Quaich was a Scotsman's canteen, mess kit and drinking mug rolled right into one. King James of Scotland provided his betrothed Anne of Denmark a Quaich as a sign of his love for her during the marriage, From that point on the Quaich has actually been called the "loving cup". This stunning ceremony conveys the blessings of Kith and Kin to the couple.
The Quaich
Pinning of the Tartan
Pinning of the Tartan - A new bride is formally settled for right into the bridegroom's family with this ceremony. Typically the oldest female member of the bridegroom's family provides a swatch of the family member 's Tartan to the new bride indicating she is currently linked right into all the doings of the clan.
The presentation of the family sword - The martial roots of the Celtic peoples revolved around the protection of hearth and also residence. This ceremony is the recognition of the male participants of the bride's family members that they too now have a new partnership and also a new brother in arms.
Family Arms
At Life's Moments weddings we can provide extensive assistance on Celtic/Scottish/Irish events, from construction of the ceremony to the final true blessing in Gaelic we can assist you develop the day of your dreams ...
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