It is no doubt that wedding traditions are evolving to accommodate modern couples. It would seem that many of these traditions revolved around fighting of bad spirits and demons on the wedding day.

Once a symbolic way for enslaved people in the American South to recognize their marriages, modern couples say that this tradition is a way to honor those who did it before them. By Bridgette Bartlett ...

There are many interesting historic and symbolic ideas connected to the ritual known as ‘Jumping the Broom.’ The story that slaves invented this ritual is common, but we now understand that it was ...

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