Whether you decide to jet off for your wedding or spice up your hometown nuptial, say “I do” with the most unique wedding traditions from around the world.

My husband and I had an unconventional engagement and wedding. We did most wedding traditions in reverse — or not at all. I proposed to him, and we got my engagement ring after we got married.

A version of this article appears in print on Dec. 31, 2023, Section ST, Page 15 of the New York edition with the headline: Dangling Wedding Cakes, and Other Updated Traditions.