Mexican Weddings

Mexican Weddings posts cover the customs and small rituals that show up at a typical traditional ceremony. Articles look at the lazo cord placed around the couple after their vows in a figure eight, the thirteen arras gold coins blessed and given by the groom, the role of madrinas and padrinos as sponsors who pay for parts of the wedding, the long after-mass procession with mariachi, the money dance pinned with bills and the regional dishes served at the reception. There are also notes on civil versus religious ceremonies and on the modern shift toward destination weddings on the Riviera Maya.