Wedding Ring Customs

This is a popular video explaining why we wear our wedding bands on the fourth finger.

Here is a link to wikipedia's traditional customs from different cultures on wedding rings.

Pinning on a boutonniere

This video shows a simple and easy way for pinning on a boutonniere correctly.

New Orleans Wedding Traditions - 'Second LIne'

Nigerian-American Wedding Dance

New Orleans Wedding: Bourbon Street 'Second Line' Parade

Louisiana Creoles, considered to be descendants of the original French settlers, are a people of mixed French, African, Spanish, Native American and other ancestry. There is a custom unique to their tradition known as 'second line', a wedding parade New Orleans jazz style. This video shows the tradition marching down French Quarter.

Best Wedding Dance Ever!!!

A great way to spice of the wedding dance. This is really entertaining, something your guests will love to watch!

Vietnamese Wedding - A modern version

A modern version of a vietnamese wedding.

Chinese Wedding - Traditional in Modern Times

Over the past several years, we've had the honor of working with couples that are of Jewish and Chinese origins.

These videos show the different Chinese customs. The customs and rituals are very vibrant and intricate.

Yemeni Wedding with Sword Dance

Although Yemeni wedding traditions vary in the cities, mountains and on the sea, in each the common ululating, sword dancing and celebrating for three days bring joy to the union of individuals, families and tribes. Video is an example of the sword dance performed at Yemenite weddings. For a complete description of the three day wedding festivities

Yemeni women's wedding celebrations take place in the "mafraj", a spacious room with large rectangular windows on all sides. As in other Arab cultures, the bride sits on a throne-like chair for everyone to admire. The women drape basil leaves and flowers over their ears and wear all the gold jewelry they own. more

Yemen Wedding Song

The Traditional Yemenite Bride is know for her detailed attire with veiled headdress and elaborate jewelry. Her hands have been decorated with henna. Photos are the only time they are seen together during the day of their wedding celebration. While hidden earlier for several hours inside a white limousine, the bride leads a caravan of cars honking horns through the streets of the town to announce the start of the wedding. The Sephardic Jewish community of Rhodes now living in Seattle, Los Angeles and Portland has a similar tradition.

Wedding- Dancing Processional in Ghana

The bride and groom march in with family members. The bride's mother or the eldest woman, representing the family, is asked if she received a sufficient bride price for losing her daughter. Libations are passed to the man, and to the woman, a glass of pure water first, followed by honey in water, and finally watered gin. The nuptial rite ends with drumming. The newlyweds begin to dance, followed by family, and finally everyone.

Nmane - Wedding Dance of Ghana

Wedding music and dance of the Dagbamba women of Northern Ghana. This music is performed exclusively by women in honor of a new bride. Songs used in this celebration relate to topical, human, marriage, and other social issues.

Elope California _ Carmel Beach Wedding

On Valentines Day, February 14th 2009, the sun smiled through the storm clouds overlooking the Pacific Ocean just in time for Rabbi Gershon to perform this couple's small intimate elopement ceremony on a beautiful private section of Carmel beach. With 20 of their closest friends by their side to witness their ceremony, they exchanged personal wedding vows under the chuppah, a Jewish wedding canopy. 

California ranks in the top 10 best places to elope and to host a destination wedding. Therefore Sacred Event's is launching a new blog series entitled  Elope California.  Each week , we'll be featuring our favorite small intimate [elopement] ceremony locations throughout Northern California including sites in the Central Coast, San Francisco, Napa and Sonoma Wine Country.  Types of outdoor locations in nature include garden weddings, mountain views, California beaches and urban sites. Stay tuned for next week's post on fabulous low cost locations to elope in the city of San Francisco.

Sacred Events designs Chinese Tea Ceremony

Serving tea, China's national drink, is a time-honored wedding ceremony created to show respect for the couple's family and their ancestral lineage. Historically, there were two tea ceremonies. One in the morning before the bride leaves her home, and another ceremony following their vows, when the couple arrive at the groom's family home. In ancient Chinese tradition, the bride leaves her birth family to become a part of the groom's family. Today many couples choose to honor both the bride and the groom's families by hosting tea ceremonies for both sets of parents.

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Kosher Gospel @ The Jewish Music Festival

Sat, Mar 21, 2009 at 8:00pm

1st Congregational Church of Oakland

2501 Harrision St.

Grammy -nominated Joshua Nelson of KOSHER GOSPEL is bringing in the Spring Equinox, on the opening night of the 24th annual Jewish Music Festival in the Lake Merritt district of Oakland, CA. Combining African-American spiritual styles with Jewish liturgical music, this Prince of Kosher Gospel is going to rock the house for sure! Opening the show is Oakland Interfaith Gospel Choir. location, time and online ticket purchases details 

Green Wedding plannning in San Francisco

Sacreds Events of the San Francisco Bay Area presents it's budget conscious one to one wedding planning consultations. Planning your wedding on your own, but need a little expert advise along the way. The Pomegranate 1 -to-1 consultations can help you create a memorable event. Specialty areas include; Planning a Green Wedding, Sacred Bride 101 getting started, Sacred Vows.

PomegranateOnline 1-to-1 Wedding Consulting

Book before April 30 for $375

History of Pomegranates and weddings

Since ancient times, the tangy, multi-seeded Pomegranate fruit has a long history and tradition of being served during wedding ceremonies and festivities. Throughout the Middle East, Asia Minor, Transcaucasia, Iran, Afghanistan and the Far East, this bush or twiggy tree's red flowers and fruits are considered to be a symbol of wealth, abundance and fertility. In historic Judaic tradition, they symbolize new beginnings.

Developing the seeds of your creativity
Our 1-to-1 phone and web consultations are a great way to start your planning process,

designed for the couple, that has decided to do most of the planning themselves,

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Getting Started Package

Includes three [3] hours of consultation

Deliverables include:
Visioning Session

Personalized/ online budgeting and timelines
Digital Mood Board

Sacred Vows

Rituals from the Heart

Includes three [3] hours of planning

Deliverables:

Complete Script of your personalized ceremony with directives for all your vendors
List of suppliers for all your ritual needs.Ceremony Timeline

We specialize in designing Jewish, interfaith, intercultural, and alternative ceremonies. We are respectful of all traditions and serve to create a balanced ceremony experience, that many of our couples and their best say it they are the best ceremonies they've experienced. Memories linger for months after the day. We can work wtih your friend or family member, or a judge or civil officiant to create a written script with all the directions for a beautiful personal and creative ritual of the heart.

Creating your Green Wedding

Includes three [3] hours of consulting and planning

Reduce your carbon footprint

Introduce sustainable event practices

Local Slow Food and Organic Vendors

Green, Eco Sustainable A1 Wedding Venues

Additonal topics;

Vender Referrals/ Contract Review
Concierge Service- good for out of towners!
Vow and Ceremony Design

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Chinese Lion Dancers Performer for New Year Wedding

Sacred Events Launches New Site

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Sacred Events launches it full service wedding, special occasion planning and design website. We are located in Oakland, CA, serving Jewish, interfaith, GLBT and multi-ethnic communities. We use our ritual design principles to craft a memorable and customized event. We our mindful of the impact that your event has on the community and the environment. We advise you on traditional ritual practices with a contemporary flair.