Wedding is a ceremony that celebrates the beginning of a marriage. Wedding traditions and customs very greatly between cultures, ethnic groups, religions, countries, and social classes. In some countries, cultures and religions, jewellery the actual act of marriage begins during the wedding ceremony. In others, the legal act of marriage occurs at the time of signing a marriage license or other legal document, and the wedding is then an opportunity to perform a traditional ceremony and celebrate with friends and family. A woman being married is called a bride, a man called a groom, and after the ceremony they become a wife or a husband.
