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…Growing up, young girls always visualize and plan their fairy tale weddings, taking scenes from Sleeping Beauty, Snow White or other glorious weddings and adding their own special touch. Some would think the older one gets the less they think about…

…In the ancient city of Athens a wedding is about to take place between Theseus, duke of Athens, and Hippolyta, the Amazon warrior queen who he had won. They meet in the duke's palace to discuss their marriage festivities. Suddenly, Egeus storms…

…, but Mrs. Reed maliciously told him that Jane had died in the typhus epidemic. When Jane returns from this visit, Rochester asks her to marry him and Jane joyfully assents. The night before their wedding, she wakes to find someone in her room, wearing her…

…My wedding is a few months away now. If there's one thing I can truly say, is that the months leading-up to what I've come to call D-Day are not the easiest of times for a couple. It is a time filled with obstacles that seem to be constantly testing…

…Now is the time in most weddings that a daughter would dance with her father. Unfortunately I will not have that opportunity to do this, but I do have a special story to share with everyone about my dad, Kenneth Wayne Richardson and me. As many…

…and beliefs of my culture which is Heiltsuk. Traditions and beliefs were an integral part of many Aboriginal societies. Many ceremonies are performed during a potlatch and although they may seem to be trivial to others, they all serve a purpose and were…

…, ultimately creating a new religion: Voodoo. Voodoo is based on the manifestation of the spirit world through the channel of the human being. This is achieved through the acts of rituals in highly structured Voodoo ceremonies, which are preformed by a Voodoo…

…in the marriage ceremony and the complicated positioning of female deities on the realm of religious devotion. The traditional male command of all social characteristics reveal the tremendous differences between the two sexes in the Umuofia tribe. The extent…

…emphasizes minimalism and simplification. It is meant to be done with perfect conformity, by eliminating what is unnecessary. The teacher Eisai believed tea to have medicinal properties, and could be drank without be intoxicating. The successful tea ceremony…

…that frequently appear in many different regions and tribes across North America. Two of these widespread rituals are the ritual of the 'sacred pipe,' and sweat lodge ceremonials. The sacred pipe ritual is loaded with symbolic meaning, and offers a generous insight…