<p>More About the Wedding Lasso Tradition:<br />When it comes to planning a wedding, many couples choose to incorporate customs into their religious ceremony that are unique to their culture.</p> <p>One such tradition is the wedding lasso rosary, popular in Mexican, Filipino, and Spanish communities.</p> <p>During the religious ceremony, a large rosary is placed around the bride and groom as a symbol of unity.  After the couple has exchanged their vows, their wedding sponsors (witnesses) called el padrino and la madrina, place the rosary around the couple’s shoulders, starting with groom’s shoulder and then the bride’s shoulder, to form a figure eight shape. </p> <p>The couple wears the lasso throughout the remainder of the service. At the end of the ceremony the lasso is removed by the priest or by the wedding sponsors who placed the lasso around the couple unifying the couple together in marriage for their entire lives.</p> <p>The couple is to share the responsibility of marriage and raising a family.</p> <p>The figure eight also represents the mathematical symbol for infinity–no beginning and no end. The number eight in the Bible is also the number of new beginnings.</p> <p>The use of rosary beads in this ritual is also significant; using a rosary reflects that the bride and groom are forever bound together in unity by God.</p>