FREE: Indian Wedding Vase Hand Made Signed

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The Significance of Indian Wedding Vases

Regardless of whether or not a Pueblo uses a wedding vase during a traditional Native American Indian marriage ceremony, nearly all Pueblo pottery artists create them. Indian wedding vases, then, reflect the various styles and designs characteristic of each Pueblo.

However, all Indian wedding vases have some features in common: two openings (drinking spouts) are connected by a single handle. The two spouts symbolize the two individual lives, and the handle symbolizes the union of these two lives in marriage.

The Native American Marriage Ceremony

Traditional wedding vases are made by the groom’s parents about a week or two before the Christian marriage ceremony. When the vase is complete, the groom, accompanied by his parents and other family members, presents it to the bride at her home. The bride gathers everything she will need to begin a new household with her husband, and the parents of the couple give them advice for a happy and successful marriage.

Indian holy water is then placed in the wedding vase, which is turned and offered to the bride. She drinks from one spout, turns the vessel and offers it to the groom who drinks from the opposite spout. This simple exchange unites the pair as a married couple.
Ceremonial Indian wedding vases are treasured and protected for the entire married life of the couple. If one spouse outlives the other, it is tradition to present the wedding vase as a gift to another couple as a way to celebrate their happy married life. These vases are never sold, even as works of art.

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