Vows, rings, photos, honeymoon? Well, maybe. If your beloved is from a country where wedding practices originate from rural traditions or ancient customs still practiced today, you may find yourselves walking through a saber archway or enjoying a ritual tea ceremony before "Shut Up and Dance" and "September" play at your reception. And then there just might be the after-party feast for you and your new spouse served out of a chamber pot.

Here are a few traditions from around the world that take a ceremony to the next level from something borrowed and something blue.

*Celtic Handfasting

Celtic handfasting ranks 10th for unique betrothal and wedding customs from around the world at worldatlas.com. This Western European tradition signifies striking a bargain by binding the hands of the couple in public "usually with a ribbon or cord, in order to symbolize their marriage vows." Fans of the "Outlander" series will recall the handfasting of Fergus and Marsali, Jamie and Claire, and Roger and Bree.

Handfasting can be done indoors or outdoors, in a public venue or in the bride's home -- really anywhere at all, according to Ami Brough's post at gretnagreen.com, who adds that in the Scottish Hebrides, handfasting is essentially a trial marriage. It "would apparently last for one year prior to marriage to ensure that the maid would please him all the while, in which case he would marry her after the year." Hands would be tied together with a ribbon or piece of fabric, as in "tying the knot."

*Bedmaking

In Greece, according to worldatlas.com and Sia Aristidou at greekweddings.wordpress.com, friends gather in the couple's new home days before the wedding and prepare the bed for the marital night. This Krevati ceremony includes making the bed three times, singing songs, sprinkling money on the bed for future prosperity, throwing rice on it to symbolize putting down roots, then rolling a young boy or girl on the bed, known as "flipping the baby," to symbolize the couple's fertility. The couple cannot sleep there until the wedding night.

*Passing Gates

In small Polish towns and villages, friends, neighbors or members of the wedding party block the road to the wedding along the way. The "gate" is some kind of barricade, usually a ribbon or string hung with decorations, often set up near the bride's home, according to lexpolonia.com. The couple is required to pay the blocker with a bottle of vodka before passing through. Sometimes, there will also be an additional challenge for the couple to complete. "Once the gate is open, the couple can continue on their journey to church for the wedding ceremony," according to worldatlas.com. Vodka plays a part after the wedding, too. At the party, parents and friends welcome the couple with bread, salt and two shots of vodka, which are to be downed in a single gulp. Then the glasses are tossed behind their backs. If the glasses break, according to tradition, their life together will be long and happy.

*Tea and Tradition

In China, the traditional wedding tea ceremony may date from the year 618 and continues today as an important and formal introduction of the bride and groom to each other's families. Worldatlas.com describes it as a symbol of purity, stability and fertility. From specific etiquette to dress, decorations and the presentation of money in red envelopes, this is an organized and respectful event for the families.

Teasenz.com does say that certain practices these days are only observed by very conservative families. However, the wedding ceremony still respects the tradition. "The purity of tea signifies the love is pure and noble; the stability of tea stands for faithful love; the fertility of tea means that the new couple will have many children."

Whether the bride's next friend to marry catches a bouquet, as is done in the U.S., or a crown, as celebrated in Finland, or the couple walks through a military saber arch, all of these customs are meant to bring joy to the day, celebrate the wish for love and longevity together and create a memorable send-off for the couple's new life together -- and they will make for great videos!