Civil union.
Ghana honors traditional initiation rites and ceremonies for a couple getting married. Getting married without physically being in the wedding is not known to happen.
Before a Jewish wedding ceremony, the traditional rites of purification include the bride immersing in a ritual bath called a mikvah and the groom fasting on the day of the wedding. These practices are meant to symbolize spiritual cleansing and readiness for the marriage union.
There is no fixed number, and the different religious rites for weddings each suggest different numbers of candles.
They are important to Jews. See for example:The importance of the Bar Mitzva ceremonyThe importance of a Jewish wedding
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As far as I was able to find, no church has a specific rite for the wedding of a same-sex couple. Several US churches have special rites for the blessing of a same-sex partnership, but that is not the same as a wedding. As for the several official state churches in European countries where same-sex marriage is legal, the ones that permit church weddings presumably use the same rite of holy matrimony as for the wedding of any other couple, there being no reason to have a separate rite.
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A Jewish wedding signifies the sacred union of a couple before God, incorporating traditions like the signing of the ketubah, exchanging rings, and breaking a glass to symbolize the commitment and community blessing.
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Rites of passage certainly have their supporters and enthusiasts, as well as detractors and critics. The basic argument against rites of passage is that one can pass into some new status without a rite; for example, if you believe that a Jewish boy acquires the status of adulthood at the age of 13, that can happen with or without a Bar Mitzvah ceremony (much in the way that legally, Americans are considered to be adult at the age of 18, with no ritual being required, it happens automatically). Rites can be considered superfluous. But then, there are those who enjoy them.