Handfast: To make a contract of marriage between (parties) by joining of hands; to betroth (two persons, or one person to another) — Oxford English Dictionary. Handfasting is the symbolic act of a ...

Have you ever witnessed a wedding where the couple’s hands were tied together with beautifully decorated cords? That’s handfasting, a tradition with roots reaching deep into the history of Celtic ...

MARIETTA – When Lindsey Bush and her fiancee, Jeremy Wiggers, heard about handfasting from their officiant, they thought it would add a special element to their wedding. “We thought it was a neat idea ...

Franklin, author of Midsummer and The Illustrated Encyclopedia of Faeries, offers this entertaining overview of handfasting, the traditional marriage rite used by pagans, druids and Wiccans.

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Talk about tying the knot - one couple were married at Glastonbury in a unique 'handfasting' ceremony while in a Day of the Dead dress. Finance director Stuart Beauchamp, 49, and Anna Stevens, 44, ...

Pagan wedding ceremonies are called handfastings and mark the coming together of two people in a formal, loving and equal sexual partnership. Pagan wedding ceremonies are called handfastings and mark ...

Handfast: To make a contract of marriage between (parties) by joining of hands; to betroth (two persons, or one person to another) — Oxford English Dictionary. Handfasting is the symbolic act of a ...