Getting married? Don’t rule out a Pastafarian ceremony

Holy Macaroni. There’s so many ways to get married nowadays – themed weddings, humanist ceremonies, a civil ceremony. The list goes on. Not a couple to follow trends, these newlyweds were the first people to get married in a Pastafarian ceremony in New Zealand. Pastafarians belong to the Church of the Flying Spaghetti Monster, which was founded to satirize American religious fundamentalism. Followers of this church believe a god made of spaghetti and meatballs is just as likely as other gods. According to its website, its only dogma is 'the rejection of dogma'. Image via venganza.org Briton Toby Ricketts and New Zealander Marianna Fenn have been together for four years and chose to tie the knot on a pirate ship. Just a casual ceremony then. The ceremony included an exchanging of the rings - made of pasta no less - and in his vows, Ricketts promised to always add salt while boiling spaghetti. Other details include the bride wearing a beautiful colander on her head. The entire cost just €1,800 with the wedding feast consisting of 15kg of tomatoes from their garden, vegetarian meatballs, and plenty of pasta and bread. I'm just wondering did they say I do... or I Dolmio. (Sorry). Lead image via venganza.org