Laguna Philippines Wedding culture and history does not differ much on the other wedding traditions and culture of Filipinos. The usual marriage ceremony during Laguna wedding rites is just the same as the basic Philippine marriage.

Traditions
   In Magdalena, one of Laguna’s municipalities, there is a wedding custom called Galahan. It is a wedding practice for newly wed couples where it is mandatory for them to dance in the front of their relatives. What different from this custom apart from the norm is that the couple must carry a plate where a glass of wine a bottle is placed. After the dancing and the drinking, the relatives of both parties must place any amount which would help the couple in starting their married life.

The Participants

    Guests at any wedding are often considered to be little more than spectators, but actually they are much more significant than that; they are the witnesses to a very special occasion.

   Like God-parents at a baptism, the role of the attendants continues throughout the married life of the couple, helping and guiding.

  The principal attendants are known as sponsors; male sponsors are ninongs and female sponsors are ninangs. The number of sponsors can be just a single couple or numerous sponsors, perhaps as many as two dozen. They are women and men whom the bride and groom respect and admire, perhaps aunts and uncles or close friends of the family. As in the early days of the Church, the sponsors attest to the couple's readiness for marriage and freedom to marry.

    The Principal sponsors are part of the bridal procession. At the nuptial blessing, they may also be invited to approach the pastor and extend their right hands to join in the prayer of blessing. In doing so, they are fulfilling their roles as sponsors. The Secondary Sponsors are women and men whom the couple choose to involve in their ceremony because of their affinity or friendship. They are typically relatives or close friends.

  

Attire

Brides are usually wears white dress.

 

Grooms and other male guests usually wear a traditional white Barong Tagalog with black trousers. 

On the Wedding

   The bride and groom arrive separately and at different times for the ceremony. The groom arrives up to an hour before hand to receive guests. The bride however, arrives just in time for her bridal march. Both the bride and the groom march down the aisle, the groom either alone or with his parents.

   In exchanging of rings, the groom gives his bride an arrhae, which is a monetary gift in the form of thirteen pieces of gold or silver coins. This is a pledge from the groom of his dedication to the welfare of his wife and children. The arrhae is carried by a coin bearer who walks alongside the ring bearer for both the processional and recessional.

   Candles stand on each side of the couple. Candle attendants light these candles which symbolize God’s presence in the union. Some couples integrate the lighting of a Unity candle into the service. The Unity candle has its origins in the Protestant religion.

   After the candles are lit, veil sponsors drape a long white tulle veil on the grooms shoulder and pin it. Another veil is then draped over the bride’s head. The veils are used to symbolize two people who are ‘clothed’ as one. 

   The last pair of sponsors stands with a cord in the form of a figure eight and place one loop around the neck-shoulder area of the bride and the other loop around the neck-shoulder area of the groom. The cord symbolizes the infinite bond of the marriage. This cord can be a silken rope or made from a string of flowers or links of coins.

After the Wedding

 After the ceremony, during the reception, a pair of white doves is released by the newlyweds to signify peace and harmony during the marriage. Whoever catches them takes them home as a pet. Instead of tossing of the bouquet, the bride instead offers the flowers to a favorite Saint or the Virgin Mary. Some opt to place the bouquet on the grave of a lost love one.

Beliefs 

1. Brides shouldn't try on her wedding dress before the wedding day or the wedding will not push through. Knives and other sharp and pointed objects are said to be a bad choice for wedding gifts for this will lead to a broken marriage. 
2. If it rains during the wedding, it means prosperity and happiness for the newlyweds.
3.  The groom must arrive before the bride at the church to avoid bad luck.
4. It is considered bad luck for two siblings to marry on the same year.
5. Breaking something during the reception brings good luck to the newlyweds.
6.  Dropping the wedding ring, the veil or the arras during the ceremony spells unhappiness for the couple.

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http://weddingsinthesky.blogspot.com/2009/04/laguna-philippines-wedding-information.html  
http://www.seiyaku.com/seiyaku/ph/weddings.html

http://ultraphotovideo.com/Traditions.htm 
http://www.wowparadisephilippines.com/customs-and-traditions-province-laguna.html