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Handfasting
- A Neopagan wedding. Some religious traditions
assign it a length of a year and a day. It can be
registered with the government as a marriage if the
priest/priestess performing the handfasting is registered
to perform weddings.
A Pagan or Wiccan marriage ceremony which traditionally
takes place at a specified period of time depending
on one's tradition.
Pagan
marriage, traditionally enacted for a given period
of time, renewed only if both parties agree. It is
most commonly enacted for a period of a year and a
day.
A pagan wedding, either legal or non-legal. Handfasting
was a common term for marriage until the 1400s. It
has been used as a form of temporary marriage - if
two wanted to join, often a Handfasting would occur,
and after a term of a year and a day (traditionally)
the couple could either renew vows and become legally
wed or could break things off with no hard feelings
on either side. During a Handfasting, the couple is
presented and their left hands are bound by a special
cord.
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