Music is one of the most powerful elements of ceremony. It works on the body before it works on language. It can steady nerves, heighten emotion, and mark a moment as significant - even before anyone speaks.

In weddings, music is often treated as decoration or background. But anthropologically, music functions as ritual technology: it signals transition, gathers attention, and creates emotional coherence among those present.
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A wedding ceremony marks a change of social status. Music helps people feel that change.