The priest is dressed in a funny costume, here in the greek orthodox church it's a high black hat with a veil down his back. Over a black gown to his feet. He made the couple kiss the bible and stuff. They moved a lot around, now stand here, now there, now back again. A girl had to put rings with long, white strings on their heads, then switch them, then switch them back, and again, and she messed up, so the priest had to correct her way of moving those props around over the couple's heads. The priest was moving his arms into different designed positions. A lot of stuff like that, moving the rings for the fingers from one to another and back - I just find it all to be a bit of a circus. They're obviously trying to make something magic and sacred by all those ritualized actions.
I of course loved that she messed up with the rings, because it makes it the more obvious, that something quite absurd is going on. Is the holy ghost supposed to enter the scene because of some rings moving around over some heads? Will the ghost now be confused and not appear or will it come to the wedding, even though the ring movement was out of order? What does it then matter, in what order and with which hands over and under which, the rings are moved around, if the ghost appears anyway? Will it maybe appear and be a little pissed off, You KNOW I only come in a good mood, when you do this with your RIGHT hand OVER your LEFT, and FIRST the groom, THEN the bride, and THEN back, and this time, you took the GRRRRROM'S ring UNDER the bride's ring, and you KNOW, how I hate that!!!!! Oops, an angry holy ghost at your wedding, you don't want that .. better get those circus tricks right the first time.
Anyway, they got married. And probably felt more special and connected to something big because of all the performance with costumes, props, choreography, and gestures. Blessed are the believers. I guess.
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