Hand Fasting
Thousands
of
years
ago
when
a
couple
wanted
to
become
betrothed,
they
were
symbolically
hand
fasted
(cords
placed
around
their
wrists)
for
a
year
and
a
day.
If
at
the
end
of
that
time
they
still
wanted
to be together they were officially married.
In
a
wedding
ceremony
hand
fasting
can
be
incorporated
as
a
very
special
element.
The
cords
are
plaited
in
colours
chosen
by
the
bride,
sometimes
matching
the
bridesmaid’s
dresses
or
the
colour
scheme
of
the
wedding.
The
cords
are
then
knotted
around
the
couple’s
wrists
and
slipped
off
their
hands
without
untying
the
knots.
This
gives
them
a
beautiful
keepsake
to
remember
the
promises
they
have made to each other.
In
a
traditional
religious
wedding,
you
will
see
the
priest
or
vicar
wrap
his
stole
around
the
couple’s
hands. This tradition is where the words “tying the knot” and “the bonds of marriage” come from.
A
full
hand
fasting
calling
up
the
elements
of
mother
nature,
earth,
fire,
wind
and
water
must
be
created
within
a
circle
denoted
a
sacred
space.
This
is
a
much
more
involved
ceremony
and
would
take
the
place of traditional wedding ceremony.
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