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24" Natural Straw Broom. Use this natural straw broom as a Heritage Jumping Wedding Broom or for a variety of craft projects. Add ribbon and floral picks to the straw broom and hang on your door, decorate with your wedding colors to create a special Heritage broom for the broom jumping ceremony, there are multiple uses for this craft broom. - 24 inch long natural straw broom
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Jumping the Broom History
The wedding broom jumping ceremony dating back to the 1600s and derived from Africa. Dating back to slave days, jumping the broom together has been part of weddings for couples who want to honor that tradition. It also has roots in the Celtic culture and including but not limited to Welsh, Celtics, Druids, and Gypsies and some aboriginal or shamanistic cultures.
Some couples choose to incorporate the broom jumping into traditional and non-traditional ceremonies. Broom jumping is a brief ceremony usually within the wedding ceremony toward the end. The jumping of the broom is symbolic of binding a couple in marriage and also can be used to symbolize fertility and prosperity of the couple
At the conclusion of the wedding ceremony, after the kiss and presentation of the couple to their guests, one of the attendants produces the broom or a special person from the audience brings the broom and places it in the path of the wedding couple. They then jump over the broom on their way to the recessional.
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