Magical weddings?

[Peter Felix Schuster]

No: HPFGUIDX 123652


--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, leslie41 at y... wrote:

[Leslie]
> Congrats on your wedding!

Thanks! :)

[Setrok before]
> > I doubt
> > they'd go to a church or a muggle office to do so. <snip>

[Leslie]
> I don't know if I can really answer your question, but it doesn't 
> seem at all odd to me that there would have been a wedding in a 
> church, as Harry was christened, and Sirius was his godfather.  

[Setrok now]
It's just that we've never seen a church before. And the WW refer very
rarely to God, they say more often "by Merlin's beard" etc, just as
Moondance said.

[Moondance]
> An interesting question! And would a ceremony be performed only by a
> MoM official, or is there also a religous ceremony with a
> wizard/witch clergy? [...] 

[Setrok]
Well, *if* there are Wizard churches (I really doubt the WW "uses"
muggle churches) I imagine the church ceremony can *replace* the MoM
ceremony.

[Moondance]
> Does a ceremony use
> traditional symbols of muggles (i.e., white wedding gown, rings,
> flowers, cake, honeymoon, etc.)?

[Setrok]
I reckon the symbols might be pretty much the same as with (British)
Muggles. The WW also knows the institution of best man etc. But
there'll be differences: the white wedding gown might be more like
witches' clothing, the wedding cake might have a WW flavor (Berty
Bott's all-flavored cakes?).

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