Bedding ceremony
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bedding-ceremony-175-11163427
title:
Bedding ceremony
text:
The bedding ceremony refers to the wedding custom of putting the newlywed couple together in the marital bed in front of numerous witnesses, usually family, friends, and neighbors, thereby completing the marriage. The purpose of the ritual was to establish the consummation of the marriage, either by actually witnessing the couple's first sexual intercourse, or far more often symbolically, by leaving before consummation. It symbolized the community's involvement in the marriage. The legally bindi
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wiki
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encyclopedia
description:
Ritual
original url:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bedding_ceremony
date created:
2017-07-04T19:53:14Z
date modified:
2024-09-03T18:03:26Z
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