Thai Water Ceremony
The Thai Water Ceremony (or in Thai, Rod Nam Sang) is a traditional Thai wedding ceremony. In this ceremony, the engaged couple sit together and kneel over a bench and cup their hands over an ornate silver bowl filled with flowers, typically lotus flowers (symbolizing fertility). A string is traditionally draped from the bride to the groom's head, symbolizing their union.
Guests of the wedding, usually led by the most respected elders in attendance, will take turns approaching the couple and offering their blessings. When it is a guest's turn to bless the couple, they pour water from a conch shell over the hands of the engaged couple, and offer words of good luck. The water is collected in the silver bowl below the couple's hands. The Water Ceremony is typically performed by all guests older than the couple, beginning with the eldest and ending with those closest in age to the couple.
The ceremony is followed by the wedding reception.
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