We now know that the distancing rules for the safety of our health will accompany us for a while longer.
It is therefore important to also think about solutions for when it will be possible to get married again in the time of the Coronavirus.
Waiting to know the next anti-covid rules to follow for the conduct of the wedding, we continue to organize it full of positivity!
A solution to avoid crowding too small municipal halls or churches that can accommodate few people is the open-air civil ceremony.
So why not evaluate this option, which today could acquire an extra value?
The outdoor civil ceremony has its advantages, one of them being the possibility of making the ceremony special.
Many have heard of them, some have seen one live, but few know them all in detail.
With this mini guide you can choose the one you prefer.
What is the symbolic rite for civil marriage

Marriage with a civil ceremony for some does not have the “solemn” atmosphere that a religious wedding in church arouses, but it has other very positive aspects on its side, such as the choice of the place for the rite (subject to municipal permission), the beauty of setting up an outdoor wedding and the possibility of inserting a symbolic rite into the celebration.
And never as in this period this type of ceremony can also be useful for the safety of our health and for compliance with anti-covid regulations.
So let’s see what kind of civil ceremony can be organized:
- official, therefore recognized by the law. It is celebrated by the Mayor or by a person in charge of him and the signatures are regularly placed on the municipal registers.
- unofficial, also called “fictional”, has no legal value, it is just a “fiction” that often takes place in the location that will host the reception. It is chosen when the Municipality does not allow to celebrate outside its offices. In this case, the marriage act must be done the day before or the morning itself before the celebrations.
Beyond the beauty of the arrangements and the setting of the rite, what you can foresee to make it special and exciting is the inclusion of a symbolic rite during the celebration.
The symbolic rite is certainly to be foreseen when the ceremony is not officially recognized, but I highly recommend it also during the official one – after agreement with the Mayor -, in order to enrich it with emotions and to lengthen the times that are usually very short..
The most beautiful symbolic wedding rites
RITE OF LIGHT
Each of the spouses receives a lighted candle; with these they light a third candle which represents their union and which can then be re-lit on the day of the wedding anniversary.
RITE OF SAND (OR RICE)
The spouses pour their respected sand, usually colored, into a vase / jar, to symbolize their indissoluble love and now difficult to separate.
This is the symbolic ritual most chosen by the spouses and, given my area, I like to suggest using rice instead of sand for a more original version.
RITE OF RIBBONS
For this rite the hands of the spouses are tied with three ribbons as a symbol of their bond: two ribbons represent the families of origin and the third the new family that will be created.
RITE OF THE RINGS
This is one of my favorites because it wants to collect the warmth of the guests present.
He wants all the guests to pass the wedding rings from hand to hand so that each guest, holding the rings in his hands, can transmit his own warmth and positivity as a wish to the newlyweds.
How to organize the civil wedding ceremony

The magic of these symbolic rites lies not only in the type you choose, but in the atmosphere that will surround them.
Each formula needs to be accompanied by an appropriate background music, by the exchange of the bride and groom’s promises, by any readings by the witnesses and by a well-written text that knows how to tell and excite the bride and groom and guests.
This is one of the moments of the day that should not be underestimated, on the contrary. I always recommend organizing the civil ceremony through a planned schedule, complete with texts, a list of materials to be used and selected music.
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