Bride & Groom & their
mothers participating.
(Groom) and (Bride) today you are making a life-long
commitment to share the rest of your lives with each
other. Your relationship is symbolised through the
pouring of these individual containers of sand; one,
represents you, (Groom) all that you were, all that
you are, and all that you will ever be, and the
other represents you, (Bride) all that you were, all
that you are, and all that you will ever be. You
each hold your separate containers of sand that
represent your lives to this moment; individual and
unique. As you now combine your sand together, your
lives also join together as one family.
There are two women for whom words could never relay
the gratitude in our bride and groom's hearts, their
mothers. (Mothers' names) you have contributed so
much to (bride and groom's names) lives and they
wish to symbolically thank you by inviting you to
join them in their sand ceremony.
We now invite the women whose contributions are
immeasurable in the lives of our bride and groom,
their mothers, to please come forward for the sand
ceremony.
These four containers of sand represent the bride
and groom and each family. You may now blend the
sands together symbolising the uniting of the two
families into one. Just as the grains of sand can
never be separated and poured again into their
individual containers, so will your marriage and
your families be.
Bride & Groom & their children, siblings or
friends participating.
(Groom) & (Bride) before you exchange your rings, I
ask that you perform a ritual which will forever
hold in your memory. The essence of this Sand
Ceremony is to symbolise the union of “two into
one”.
Today you are making a life-long commitment to share
the rest of your lives with each other. Your
relationship is symbolised through the pouring of
these individual containers of sand; one represents
you, (Groom) all that you were, all that you are,
and all that you will ever be, and the other
represents you, (Bride), all that you were, all that
you are, and all that you will ever be.
You each hold your separate containers of sand that
represent your lives to this moment; individual and
unique. As you now combine your sand together, your
lives also join together as one family.
The foundation of this marriage is love & family &
as more sand is poured into the container, it will
not only form a stronger foundation between (Groom)
& (Bride) but one of their families as well,
symbolising a new “blended family”.
I now ask if each of you could pour your sand into
the containers.
Also if ………. & ……… & ……… could come & join in the
ceremony, by pouring their sand into the container
as well.
(Groom) & (Bride) if you could now, together, pour
your remaining sand into the container.
Just as these grains of sand can never be separated
& poured again into the individual containers, so
will your marriage be an inseparable union.
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