Wedding ceremony, first toast, congratulation, dinner, first dance, wedding cake, wedding ceremony - a wedding consists of many smaller and larger events recorded in the wedding scenario, with a specific time on the clock.

Event agency Skudras Metropole Gundega Skudriņa, manager of event agency Skudras Metropole , says that if 20 years ago all weddings were held according to one scenario and you could tell the exact time of the clock, when the sheet would be cut into a heart shape, when the plate would be cut and when the cake would be cut, then now every wedding has a completely different scenario. "Even 20 years ago, all weddings were really very similar - from table cards to activities. At that time, there were standards that no longer exist today.

At this point, the wedding cake can be eaten just as well as immediately after the ceremony, or at midnight. With the disappearance of standards, a unified script also disappears. Every wedding has its own timer," says Gundega Skudriņa.

However, many weddings still have these smaller and larger events:

1. WEDDING CEREMONY. To a large extent, uniform wedding standards disappeared when couples started getting married at different times - for some it will be a wedding in the forest at sunrise, for someone at sunset by the sea, and for others when the pastor is free. However, after the wedding ceremony (regardless of the place or time, where and when it takes place), you should plan a moment when the guests are given the opportunity to congratulate the newlyweds (with or without gifts - it's up to you, a gift table can also be great for this), as well as to take pictures together with guests, family members and friends.
2. WEDDING FEAST.  The wedding feast is undoubtedly one of the most important parts of the evening. Before the wedding feast, when the guests have taken their seats, often the newlyweds themselves, ushers or the host of the evening make the first toast, inviting the guests to have a meal. Usually, the wedding feast is served within the next half hour when the guests arrive at the venue of the feast. Once the feast has been served, the guests should be allowed to eat - every now and then the guests can use the opportunity to make a toast, or the host of the evening can invite the guests to engage in small activities (without leaving the tables).
3. FIRST DANCE.  In different countries, the time of the first dance of the newlywed couple is different. If in many places abroad the first dance is before the festive dinner, when the couple enters the venue together for the first time, then in Latvia the first dance often follows already after the dinner, which continues with active dancing by all the guests.
4. SWITCHING. Although in many weddings nowadays, michsing either does not take place at all or is stylized and adapted to the new couple, Gundega Skudriņa regrets that this beautiful tradition has completely disappeared in some weddings. Michošana is traditionally set at midnight, as it symbolizes the coming of a new wife to her husband. "In my opinion, michoshana at a wedding is the second most important thing right after the ceremony itself, because it has a symbolic meaning when a woman passes to her husband as a wife for the first time. Even if the couple has lived together before, in honor of the wife, she will be in the hands of a man for the first time. Many couples ignore this symbolism, but such a moment is possible only once in life," said Gundega Skudriņa.
5. KĀZU KŪKAS GRIEŠANA. Traditionally, the wedding cake is cut after mixing, which symbolizes the Latvian wedding tradition, when the new wife shared the bread baked by herself. The cutting of the wedding cake is usually the last moment in the whole wedding process, when the guests are invited together - later the dancing starts until the morning light and the guests disperse to spend time as they please. In many weddings, a festive cake with coffee is also served before the ceremony (if it takes place), however, it should be remembered that cutting the wedding cake symbolically also means that the guests can start leaving, so it is recommended not to start serving the wedding cake too early.