The Unity Candle Ceremony is common in the United States. It is a ceremony that symbolizes unity between the Bride and Groom as well as the two families merging into one. Ususally the mothers of the bride and groom light a tapered candle and after the bride and groom exchange vows (sometimes before the annoucement of husband and wife and sometimes afterwards) they each take a tapered candle and light the pillar candle,usually located in the middle. The couple then blow out the tapered candles, to indicate that the two lives have been permanently merged, or they may leave them lit beside the central candle, symbolizing that the now-married partners have not lost their individuality.
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