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The Philippines - Traditions
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- Brides wear traditional white attire but ask your groom to wear a ‘barong’, which is a transparent button-up shirt
- Ask special friends or relatives to be your wedding sponsors by witnessing your wedding. Sponsors symbolize guidance and support at any time during the marriage
- Ask two of these to be your ‘veil sponsors’. During a specific point in the ceremony, the veil sponsors carefully pin a large veil on top of the bride's head and onto the shoulder of the groom. The veil symbolizes unity and that the couple shall be clothed as one
- Another set of sponsors are ‘cord sponsors’. After the veil is placed on both the bride and groom, they place a white cord loosely around the necks of the couple in a figure of eight to symbolize the bond between you
- At the ceremony, have a unity candle with a long stemmed candle either side for both sets of parents to light. These flames are used to light you unity to symbolizes the union of the two families
- In the ceremony, cup your hands under the groom's cupped hands so that the priest can dribble thirteen silver coins into the groom's open palms, trickling like a water falls into the brides hands, and from her palms into a plate held underneath by an acolyte. This represents a sign of fidelity and completes the marriage contract
- Enjoy the money dance (Pandango), which is similar to the Greek celebration
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