SAND CEREMONY

While helping my friend to plan her “Beach Theme” Solemnization in Dec, I came across this website talking about Sand Ceremony! As usual, out of curiosity (kpo lar ), I read on.....

"The Sand ceremony can be a beautiful and meaningful addition to your wedding ceremony and usually occurs after the wedding ring exchange. Simply find a large wide-mouthed container to pour the sand into, and smaller containers to pour the sand from. As the officiant performs the reading, the participants pour the small containers of sand into the larger container, one at a time.

Meaning :
You have just sealed your relationship by the giving and receiving of rings. This beautiful union is symbolized through the combining of these two individual containers of sand. The sand closest to BRIDE represents who she is... her personality, individuality, values and all of her life experiences that have made her the woman she is today. The sand nearest GROOM represents who he is... his ideals, thoughts, passion and life trials that have made him that stands before you.

Each container holds its own unique beauty, strength, and character. They can stand on their own and be whole, without need of anything else. However when these two are blended together they create a new and extraordinarily more intricate entity. Each grain of sand brings to the mixture a lasting beauty that forever enriches the combination.

Please pour the sand into this common container to symbolize the union of your two lives. Just as these grains of sand can never be separated and poured again into the individual containers, so will your marriage be a molding of two individual personalities, bonded together forming one heart and one love. The life that each of you experienced individually, before this moment, will hereafter be inseparably united, for the two shall become one."

Interesting right? Ppl can just come out with wonderful ideas.
But why sand, and not rice, flour, salt or sugar =)