Upstairs, guests saw masses of lighted candles, red roses and a wedding canopy.

The couple is married under a wedding canopy (chuppah), signifying their new home together.

Wine, recorded music, flowers, wedding canopies and glasses (for breaking purposes) will be available.

Her grandmother was there, however, beaming as she held up a pole of the wedding canopy.

What am I supposed to do, dance a hara round their women only wedding canopy?

Four of the couple's friends and relatives carried the wedding canopy aloft across a meadow.

Earlier this month, she completed a chuppah, which is used as the wedding canopy in traditional Jewish ceremonies.

Some children hold up the chuppa, or wedding canopy, while the others play the guests.

Consider that each band in the heap represents two human lives standing under a wedding canopy, smiling and imagining a future.

The wedding canopy was made of woven silk that the couple bought at a Moroccan bazaar.