bedding ceremony
... that the bedding ceremony symbolised the involvement of family, friends, and neighbours in the newlyweds' sexual intimacy, but also had legal importance in parts of Western Europe?
... that the <b id="mwAbw"><a href="./Bedding_ceremony" id="mwAb0" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Bedding ceremony">bedding ceremony</a></b> <i id="mwAb4">(pictured)</i> symbolised the involvement of family, friends, and neighbours in the newlyweds' <a href="./Human_sexual_activity" id="mwAb8" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Human sexual activity">sexual intimacy</a>, but also had legal importance in parts of Western Europe?