Weddings in Sri Lanka Wedding Ceremony in Sri Lanka
In Sri Lanka you can have a Civil wedding, Christian wedding, Buddhist wedding, Hindu wedding or Muslim wedding. Traditional is the Sri Lankan Poruwa ceremony. Most couples getting married in Sri Lanka have a basis of this ceremony either after their religious ceremony as a blessing or combined into a civil ceremony. The stages of the entire traditional marriage Poruwa Buddhist ceremony in Sri Lanka takes about 45 minutes.
The groom is escorted from the hotel to the wedding ceremony location by drummers and typical Kandyan dancers in procession.
An elephant is dressed up & ready.
Kandyan dancers dance near the "Poruwa" - the
elevated and exotically decorated wedding stage for the couples ceremony.
The ceremony starts when the couple offers 7 betel leaf bundles to the Gods in order to request for protection
for the lives of seven generations that will come to be from the marriage.
The little fingers of the bride and groom are tied with golden thread to symbolize bond and unity - then holy water is poured over. Water and earth being the eternal verities, the water so poured and the earth on which it falls are intended to be the lasting witnesses to the marriage.
The bride and groom then feed each other four times for nourishment for the bone, muscle, skin and soul.
The couple steps down from the "Poruwa" and a fresh coconut is broken in front of the couple to drive away evil spirits.
An oil lamp is lit to signify their resolve to keep the home fires burning and for a bright future.
The elephant whisks away the newly married couple.
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