The Wedding Motif

The wedding motif is our own design. The outer ring is based on a New Zealand Māori design used on the rafters of traditional meeting houses. The design is the pātiki (flounder), and symbolises hospitality. The inner knot is a Celtic cord of three strands. It symbolises the threefold marriage relationship between husband, wife, and God (Ecclesiastes 4:12).

You can find out more about Māori kowhaiwhai patterns at this site, or this one.

You can learn how to draw Celtic knots at this site.

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Document: http://www.cl.cam.ac.uk/users/kw217/wedding/motif.html
Last updated: Mon, 03 Jan 2005 15:39:32 GMT
Author: KSW <kw217@cl.cam.ac.uk>.