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WEDDING WITH ELEMENTS OF NATURAL ELEMENTS

July 8 was a special day for Elina and Rudolph Vilks - they celebrated in a magical atmosphere surrounded by natural elements their wedding.

The preparation took place with great care and love. The idea of the wedding concept was developed by the couple and given to every detail special meaning. The bride herself took care of baking the wedding cake, as well as created her own makeup and hairstyle. In the ceremony various rituals involved, natural elements and elements that made the event memorable. The gifts received were also of special significance. Big name belt was woven especially for the young couple as a symbol of protection and strength. The apple tree is given to fertility and fruitfulness of life, bed linen with specially chosen symbols of power, as well as a book with a family tree that has been passed down from generation to generation.

The bride Elīna says: "Thursday has been a wedding day since ancient times, and astrologically this was a very suitable day for may the universe be with us and everything will work out.

It heralded a rich and very harmonious marriage.

Already a year ago, we both decided that we wanted a wedding outside in nature.

I knew I wanted a strong place, the presence of fire and water. We chose the place of celebration because of the hostess, because we wanted her to be next to us and say the words at the ceremony, as well as direct it. Everything else came very well harmonious and easy. We wanted something special just for us, nothing traditional and usual. We chose the snack table, which was outside, next to a lit fireplace and beautiful decorations. We wanted there to be movement, conversations and the presence of nature peace

Before the wedding day, my husband and I had a sauna ritual at the bathhouse. Already in the morning, after waking up, we gave each other pre-written letters to start the day on a note of beautiful love. The wedding day passed very quickly. After gathering and welcoming the witnesses, we went to the registry office. We were driving in a decorated red car when it was +32 outside degrees, it was hot and challenging. After that, we went back to the celebration place, where the photo shoot took place, guests enjoyed snacks and later in the evening the symbolic ceremony took place.

dabas stihijas kāzās — Photo: SANDIJA VEKŠA

We wanted to create it ourselves with the support of our manager, who did something like this for the first time. It was important for me to elements of nature involved. We created a boardwalk over the water, surrounded by torches. Before going to the boardwalk our mothers gave us a loaf of bread with honey, which was like travel bread.

We created a hearth place for our new family on the boardwalk, which we lit during the ceremony with a torch given by our mothers, passing on their family fire to us. The main theme of the wedding was the power of the family, which can be compared to the roots of a tree, it's where we come from, but what we do next as a new family is up to us. We had figured it out ourselves vows as well as ring designs.

All elements of nature were involved in the wedding - water over which there was a footbridge, fire torches around it, we were in the open heaven outside - closer to nature and earth. There was an unplanned involvement of nature, because right during the ceremony it started to rain, thunder rumbled and there was even lightning.

Our guests were soaked, so were we, but everyone was happy, we also lit the fire despite the fact that everything was wet.

In the end, the ladies swam in the pond with all their dresses.

As soon as the ceremony was over, the rain disappeared as if it had never been, and a golden sky appeared. It was fantastic. Shortly after, two rainbows appeared. Our guests will certainly not forget this wedding for a long time.

After the ceremony there was the first champagne and reception, shortly after that the first dance as husband and wife to the rhythm of the drums. This was followed by a cake and a party with dancing, conversations, games.

Looking back we can say that this day was magical and fantastic. The husband also remembers it as very fulfilling and a beautiful day, as it really was. Our photographer said that this was a crazy wedding, but I think so madness was given by nature itself. The photos turned out magical too.”