On the other hand, a wedding ceremony, whatever the size, is a ritual. Rituals mark the transitions of life and the seriousness of the event. Big ritual arguably could be an indication of big seriousness in the minds of the participants. Generally the rational behind a big wedding tends to support this. The idea is that this IS a once in a life time event and the biggest event in my life so lets do it up big. Course that’s not to say there aren’t some simple minded people out there who are more worried about the party than the institution, but I think they are the exception and not the rule.

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