What is a witness?

A witness is a person who is invited by both men and women to make a marriage certificate at the wedding ceremony.

"Witness" generally refers to the elders in the family, the leaders of the unit or the people with high prestige at the whole wedding banquet as witnesses, and can be invited temporarily at the wedding banquet according to the specific situation. Usually, at the beginning of the wedding reception, the witness will be invited to deliver a wedding speech.

The procedure for a witness to get married is to read the marriage certificate first, say "Hereby" after reading it, and finally give a short congratulatory message (marriage words). The main contents of the witness's speech are: "Marriage is legal, congratulations on the wedding" and so on.

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Precautions for witnesses

The emcee should communicate with the witness before the wedding, explain the wedding etiquette to the witness, when to invite the witness, the matters needing attention for the witness to read the certificate, and the order of issuing the marriage certificate to the couple after reading it. Don't forget to talk about the details of how to shake hands with couples.

Sometimes newcomers get nervous when they come on stage. The emcee should hint them to shake hands and help them with relaxed language when the hint is fruitless. ?

Nowadays, many couples at the wedding no longer ask for a marriage certificate. We can interpret it in another form, which requires the relative participation of guests.

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