婚礼是一种法律公证仪式或宗教仪式，用来庆祝一段婚姻的开始，代表结婚。

所有的民族和国家都有其传统的婚礼仪式，是其民俗文化的继承途径，也是本民族文化教育的仪式。在大部分的文化里，通常都会发展出一些结婚上的传统与习俗，其中有许多在现代社会中已经失去了其原始所象征的意义。婚礼也是一个人一生中重要的里程碑，属于生命礼仪的一种。世界上最古老、延续时间最长，影响最广的婚礼是儒教婚礼、印度教婚礼、犹太教婚礼、基督教婚礼、伊斯兰教婚礼。

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"Man of honor" redirects here. For the term used to refer to initiated members of the Italian-American or Sicilian Mafia, see Made man.

A wedding is a ceremony where two people are united in marriage. Wedding traditions and customs vary greatly between cultures, ethnic groups, religions, countries, and social classes. Most wedding ceremonies involve an exchange of wedding vows by the couple, presentation of a gift (offering, ring(s), symbolic item, flowers, money), and a public proclamation of marriage by an authority figure. Special wedding garments are often worn, and the ceremony is sometimes followed by a wedding reception. Music, poetry, prayers or readings from religious texts or literature are also commonly incorporated into the ceremony.