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The origins of 'hand-fasting'

20/2/2019

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I perform quite a bit of 'hand-fasting' at weddings - a ritual where the couples' hands are tied together with cords or ribbons. This is an ancient Celtic tradition and it's where we get the expression "tying the know" from. I came across this article in The Scotsman recently about the Scottish origins of the custom, and it makes for interesting reading.

Hand-fasting is often popular with a couples where one or both of them have Celtic origins (e.g. Irish, Scottish, Welsh, Cornish, Manx), but I have also 'tied the knot' for couples with no Celtic heritage. I work with them to choose colours for the ribbons or cords which have some significance, such as national or sporting colours and I recently performed a ceremony where we used the colours of the 7 chakras, or energy centres in the body, representing the various levels of communication in the marriage. It was quite spectacular! (I'll try to post a pic of this ceremony soon).

I also have more information about hand'fasting here.

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