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Costa Ricans are warm people who love
celebration; this mainly characterizes the Costa
Rica wedding tradition. When holding a wedding in
Costa Rica, it is best to follow with the Costa Rica
wedding tradition to make the celebration more
authentic and exceptional. However, general
wedding traditions have shifted nowadays, to
include several western world elements, especially
when more foreign tourists are choosing Costa
Rica as their wedding and honeymoon destination.

One Costa Rica wedding tradition is for the bride to
wear a long, black silk dress as her wedding gown.
In other wedding traditions, this may seem
inappropriate seeing that wearing a black dress
typically signify death and mourning. But in most
traditional Costa Rican wedding, the bride wears a
black gown, in striking contrast to the immaculately
white wedding gowns commonly worn by modern
brides today.

It is customary also for the groom to wear a shirt
that is painstakingly hand-embroidered by his
future wife. This will mean that the bride already
shows her devotion and concern for her future
husband, even before the marriage ceremony has
taken place. These days, on the other hand, most
brides find it hard to embroider wedding shirts by
themselves so other alternatives like buying ready-
to-wear shirts are normally accepted.

During the wedding ceremony, there is also the
traditional exchange of thirteen cold coins to be
passed from the groom to his bride. This act of
offering is done to symbolize the groom’s role in his
future family as a provider. The passing of gold
coins signifies the groom’s willingness to be a
responsible head of family, and that he will fulfill his
role of taking care of his wife through love and
devotion. In most Catholic Church weddings, these
thirteen coins also have a religious connotation.
The thirteen coins symbolize Jesus Christ and the
twelve apostles. The major religion in this country is
still Roman Catholicism, so most of the people still
adhere to religious beliefs and practices.

After the wedding ceremony, a celebratory party
usually begins. Another Costa Rican wedding
tradition is the accompaniment of lively Spanish
music during the wedding day bash. Costa Ricans
love dancing to live music, partying until well into
the night. It is important for a Costa Rican wedding
to be fun and exciting, because almost all of the
family members are in attendance. Costa Ricans
hold tight family ties, and no celebration is usually
ever complete without the entire presence of their
beloved family and relatives.

Celebrating a wedding in Costa Rica is surely
something that will be remembered forever. There is
nothing more enchanting than exchanging vows
against a setting of peacefully beautiful beaches,
glorious sunsets, and warm, tropical weather. More
than these, it is the love and laughter of dear friends
and family that complete any wedding. With a
beautiful place as a wedding venue, and the
company of an equally remarkable family, there is
nothing more that any couple can wish for.
Certainly, getting married in a country that is also
ideal for a honeymoon getaway is just simply
perfect.




                  Costa Rica Wedding Tradition