use sand instead of a unity candle
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The unity candle ceremony tradition began in American in the early 1980's. This type of symbolism is often popular with merging families, as a way to incorporate the couples children into their union ceremony. However anyone can have a unity candle ceremony to symbolize their separate lives becoming one. The bride and groom each has a lit candle, together they join their flames to ignite the third candle. Using sand instead of candles keeps the same symbolism however the couple is left with a keepsake they can keep forever.
Things You'll Need
- 2 long glass containers
- 1 large glass vase
- 2 different colors of sand
Instructions
1
Purchase the containers you wish to use for your ceremony. There is no set rules for what you can use, choose based on personal preference. This is a chance for you to show your personality. Find a design or shape that suits you. Your containers do not need to match. If this is the case, try and find a large vase that mixes your two styles for added symbolism.
2
Before the ceremony begins, fill each of the long glass containers with a separate color of sand. You could choose sands in your favorite colors, or colors to match the theme of your wedding. Approximately the same amount of sand should be placed in each container, so that there is not more of one color than the other.
3
You and your partner will take turns dumping sand from your container into the large vase. This will create layers of sand in the vase representing the different parts of your lives becoming combined into one life.
4
When the ceremony is over the container should be capped and kept as a keepsake.
Tips &- Warnings
Choose sand colors that can be easily distinguished from one another, so that guests can see the different layers and the merging of the two sands.
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