There are a great many wedding traditions around the world but the terms bride and groom before the couple are married and wife and husband seem to be universal. Of course other wedding traditions can be much more complicated as soon as you look into different race, social classes and ethnic groups to name a few.

Traditionally the church wedding is the most popular where the ceremony is presided over by a Christian priest. White weddings may be quite normal for those of us that live in the United States, UK, Ireland and the Commonwealth but they are not always accepted worldwide amongst Christian faiths.

Double weddings are quite rare as they usually entail getting tow couples to marry at the same time and same place. Typically, a person with a brother or sister might plan a double wedding with that sibling.

A destination wedding is any wedding in which the engaged couple and or a majority of their guests travel to attend the ceremony. Whether this happens for an intimate beach ceremony in the Caribbean, extravagant nuptials in Las Vegas or for a simple ceremony in someone's back yard, chances are it qualifies as a destination wedding.

Whilst it is quite normal for the Irish to have three day weddings, more couples are taking the hint and having their weddings over a weekend which gives them more time to enjoy the occasion. Other weddings come under the term of either themed or special activity weddings which usually take place over a weekend period. This is quite a good idea especially if the bride and groom have similar interests as both they and their guests can stay at the same location.

An online wedding is a wedding that is either conducted on the internet, or can be an event that resembles a normal wedding when two people who wish their characters, perhaps in a game, to be married. There are even guides for information on how to go about an internet wedding with information on people that can carry it out for you. An online wedding also refers to where a couple decides to have their wedding ceremony broadcast live on the internet.

Elected and appointed officials can carry out a wedding ceremony which is usually called a civil wedding. Religion doesn't normally play a part in these ceremonies because they are purely a legal requirement. These services often take place in city halls, courthouses and other designated areas of town.

The information here has been provided to help people who live primarily in the Western world a better comprehension of just what a wedding really is.