For Birhan, a 37-year-old bride-to-be in Dallas with both Ethiopian and Eritrean roots, the decision to get her hair braided for her mels, or reception, wasn’t about vanity—it was about return. About ...

There are several factors behind the decline of the traditional wedding dress, including financial pressures and growth in ...

On the eve of her mid-March wedding weekend downtown, the Manhattan antique and vintage jewelry dealer arranged herself a ...

Sung by Yang and her collaborators, the opening song filled the theater with a hauntingly beautiful melody, evoking the ancient and otherworldly essence of the story. The melody, drawn from the ...

Adding to the tradition, florist Philippa Craddock worked something old into Meghan’s bouquet: sprigs of myrtle from a plant grown from the myrtle used in Queen Elizabeth’s 1947 wedding ...

The island's exquisite array of flowers, valued for their fragrances, are harvested by Hawaiians for the ancient tradition of lei making. Hawaii native Meleana Estes picks flowers – like the ...

Meghan Markle made the decision to give her own wedding speech on her wedding day to Prince Harry back in 2018. Noting that it is unusual for brides to give a speech on their wedding day in the UK ...

In Holy Week, the days just before Easter, one can catch Catholics in some ancient religious practices ... and veneration of the Cross. In that tradition, a priest or deacon holds a wooden ...

"It was a deeply historical and spiritual event, which reflects the Pope's vision of peace and unity, that we should preserve our traditions and pray for a ... Leo XIV also mentioned Tigray, the ...

To mark their anniversary, Meghan posted a photograph of a bulletin board on her Instagram that featured nearly 50 pictures from her relationship with Prince Harry—from their time dating, their ...