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&sq=&lang=&file=File:Edmund_Blair_Leighton_-_The_Wedding_Register.jpg) Celebrants generally practise the traditional Western legal requirement of recording the wedding in a register. Celebrant clients choose their own ceremony but many still opt for the traditional white wedding, wherein the bride wears a white wedding dress and veil. Painting by Edmund Leighton (1853–1922) | |
| Occupation | |
|---|---|
| Names | Celebrant, officiant, ceremony provider |
| Synonyms | Officiant, master of ceremonies |
Occupation type | Profession / vocation |
Activity sectors | Non-church society |
| Description | |
| Competencies | Creative writing, ceremonial public speaking, listening skills, ceremony structure, knowledge of poetry, music, mythology, story telling, law |
Education required | Steeped in the humanities |
Related jobs | For religious persons – clergy |
In Australia, celebrants or civil celebrants are people who conduct formal ceremonies in the community, particularly weddings – which represent the main ceremony of legal import conducted by celebrants –, and for this reason are often referred to as marriage celebrants. They may also conduct extra-legal ceremonies such as naming of babies, renewal of wedding vows, funerals, divorces, becoming a teenager, changing name, significant birthdays, retirements, and other life milestones. Officiating at a marriage requires that the celebrant be an authorised marriage celebrant under Australian law, or the law where the marriage takes place, but officiating at non-legal ceremonies does not.[1]: iv