WEDDING CAPTIONS AND MANUSCRIPTS

TAKING TURNS IN DANCE

IN THE EARLY TIMES, THE NOBLES AND THE MEMBERS OF THE ROYAL
FAMILY OBSERVE THIS AS A TRADITION. A DANCE IS CONSIDERED AS A FORM
OF SOCIAL ACCEPTANCE. MOST OF THE TIMES, DISTINGUISHED GUEST,
DEBUTS, WEDDINGS AND THE LIKES PERFORM THE FORMAL DANCE IN
CELEBRATED OCCASSIONS SUCH AS COURTESY VISITS. IT IS A ONE POLITE
WAY OF WELCOMING A GUEST OR A BRIDE BY EACH MEMBER OF THE ROYAL
FAMILY. A WEDDING DANCE PORTRAYS THAT THE MEMBERS OF THE ROYAL
FAMILY IS FORMALLY ACCEPTING THE BRIDE IN THE FAMILY CIRCLE.

JUST LIKE THIS THE PNPA ALUMNI OF THE PHILIPINE NATIONAL POLICE
ACADEMY ARE GIVEN A CHANCE TO DANCE WITH THE BRIDE. THIS MANIFESTS
THAT THE BRIDE IS GIVEN DUE RECOGNITION AS A NEW COMPONENT IN THE
ATTAINMENT OF THE VISION OF THE PHILIPPINE NATIONAL POLICE ACADEMY.

JUST AS PRACTICED IN THE PAST THE BRIDE IS INTODUCED TO THE

OTHER MEMBERS OF THE FAMILY AND SHE RETURNS THE FAVOR BY
DANCING EACH ONE OF THEM WITH THE RHYTHMIC SOUND WAVES THAT
CAUSE THE BODY TO COME INTO MOTION.

THIS TRADITION WHICH STARTED LONG BEFORE OUR EXISTENCE

CONTINUES TO LIVE ON. AS WE OPEN ARMS RECEIVE ANOTHER MEMBER OF
THE ALREADY LONG LONG MAROON LINE. TRADITION DICTATES THAT THE
BRIDE SHOULD GIVE EVERY ALUMNUS A TURN TO DANCE WITH HER THAT
SYMBOLIZES CORDIAL ATMOSPHERE BETWEEN HER AND THE REST OF THE
ALUMNI AND THIS SONG IS GRACED WITH THE CAYDET GIRL SONG.
THE END OF THE DANCE MARKS HER FORMAL RECOGNITION AS PART
AND OF PARCEL OF THE CORPS OF ALUMNI. AND NOW SHE BECOMES A VITAL
PART OF A NOBLE COMMUNITY OF THE PNPA GRADUATES.
DRINKING OF THE WINE
WINES IN WEDDING CEREMONIES ARE SO SELECTED FOR THEIR TASTE,
SYMBOLIC OF THE FUTURE RELATIONSHIPS THAT MUST BE SHARED BY OUR
COUPLE. IT IS A SYMBOL OF LIFE, HEALTH, SUCCESS AND PROSPERITY. THE
INTERTWINING OR INTERLOCKING OF THE ARMS AS THEY DRINK THE WINE IS
SYMBOLIC OF A HARMONY THAT WILL THEN BE FILLED WITH SWEETNESS.

AT THIS JUNCTURE, MAY WE REQUEST EVERYONE TO PLEASE RISE AND

HOLD ON TO YOUR WINE GLASSES AS ____________________________, THE
BEST MAN, PROPOSES A TOAST TO THE NEWLY WEDS.

RELEASE OF DOVES
THIS CELEBRATION WILL NOT BE COMPLETE WITHOUT THE
TRADITIONAL RELEASE OF THE DOVES. BUT BEFORE THE COUPLE RELEASES
THOSE DOVES, LET ME SHARE TO YOU WHY THIS TRADITION INVOLVES
DOVES AND NOT ANY BIRD FOR THAT MATTER.

WHITE DOVES ARE BIRDS OF PEACE. IN EVERY WEDDING CEREMONY, IT

HAS EVER BEEN PRESENT TO BECOME A SYMBOL OF PEACE.

A PAIR OF DOVES ALWAYS STAYS TOGETHER AND EXHIBITS LOVING

GESTURES LIKE PECKING MOST OF THE TIME. IF THEY GET SEPARATED FROM
EACH OTHER OR WHENEVER THEY GET LOST, THEY WILL SURELY FIND THEIR
HOME AGAIN REGARDLESS OF THE DISTANCE.

A FEMALE DOVE ALWAYS LAYS TWO EGGS AT A TIME- A MALE AND

FEMALE. AND THE PARENTS TAKE TURNS IN SITTING OVER THE EGGS UNTIL
THEY HATCH.
 THESE ARE THE REASONS WHY DOVES HAVE COME TO SYMBOLIZE
COURTSHIP, UNION, FAITHFULNESS AND PARTNERSHIP. THE FREEING OF
DOVES SYMBOLIZES THEIR DESIRE THAT GOD’S PEACE, STRENGTH AND
WISDOM WILL BE THEIR GUIDE AS THEY ESTABLISH A NEW LIFE TOGETHER.

PRESENTATION OF BULL AND MINI RINGS

THE GRAND FRATERNITY OF THE LONG MAROON LINE OF THE
PHILIPPINE NATIONAL POLICE ACADEMY IS IDENTIFIED THROUGH THE
SYMBOL - THE PNPA BULL RING. IT IS AN OVERSIZED RING ENGRAVED WITH
THE CLASS LOGO, CLASS YEAR, THE PNPA SEAL AND THE NAME OF THE
CADET, NOW ALREADY OFFICERS OF THE PNP, BJMP AND BFP. IT IS
ESPECIALLY WORN DURING A SPECIAL EVENT CONDUCTED BEFORE
GRADUATION DAY OF ALL PNPA CADETS.

THE BULL RING HAS ITS PAIR AND THAT IS THE MINI RING. AND NOW
LADIES ANG GENTLEMEN, YOU WILL KNOW FOR WHOM IT IS INTENDED FOR.
THE REPLICA OF THE RING IS GIVEN TO OUR KAYDET GIRLS OR SPECIAL
WOMEN IN THE LIVES OF MALE OFFICERS.

(NAME OF THE BRIDE) ___________________________________,

WELCOME TO OUR WORLD AND MAY YOU BE GIFTED WITH UNDERSTANDING
OF HOW CHALLENGING THE LIFE AND PROFESSION OF (NAME OF THE
GROOM) _______________________________________ WILL BE. IN BAHALF OF
OUR CLASS __________________ PRESIDENT (NAME OF CLASS PRESIDENT)
_______________________________.

SLICING OF CAKE
THIS WELL FOUNDED TRADITION WAS PRACTICED DURING THE TIMES
OF THE KNIGHTS AND THE KINGS WHERE IN THE KINGDOMS CONQUER ONE
ANOTHER, NOT ONLY TO EXTEND THEIR TERRITORY BUT ALSO TO PRESERVE
THEIR VERY EXISTENCE. THEY USE STRENGTH AND POWER TO SUBDUE
THEIR ADVERSARIES. THEY ATTACK WITH UNITED EFFORTS SPEARHEADED
BY THEIR KING. THE CONQUEST IS CHALLENGING, BUT THE GOODS THEY
FORFEIT SUFFICE THE STRUGGLES THEY HAVE UNDERGONE IN THE
ACCOMPLISHMENT OF THEIR MISSION. THEY ALTOGETHER CELEBRATE THE
REWARDS OF THE ENDEAVOR THEY HAVE PAINSTAKINGLY ACHIEVED BY
TAKING PART OF THE GOODS AS A HARD PRIZED OF THEIR GALLANT FEAT.

THIS TREASURED TRADITION OF THE OLDS IS PASSED ON FROM

GENERATIONS TO GENERATIONS.

AS PRACTICED IN THE PRESENT TIMES ESPACIALLY AS AN

INDESPENSIBLE PART OF UNIFORMED MEN’S WEDDING IS THE SYMBOLIC AND
HISTORIC SLICING OF THE CAKE. THE SIMPLE ACT HAS A MEANINGFUL
SYMBOLISM THAT DATES BACK FROM ANNALS OF THE HISTORY OF THE
QUEENS AND THE KINGS.

THE SABER THAT IS USED TO SLICE AND DIVIDE THE CAKE IS A SYMBOL
OF LEADERSHIP AND DIGNITY AND THE OFFICE OF THE MAN. THE SWORD
STANDS FOR AUTHORITY AND THE MEANS IN WHICH THEIR DESIRES AND
OBJECTIVES ARE ATTAINED. THE NEWLY WEDDED COUPLE TO MANIFEST
THAT IN THEIR STRUGGLES, THEY ARE ONE, AS WHAT THEY HAVE OPENLY
PROFESSED OATH OF THEIR ALLEGIANCE TO ONE ANOTHER BE IT FOR
BETTER OR FOR THE WORSE. THE CAKE IS A SYMBOL OF THEIR GOALS THAT
THEY WILL REALIZE SLICE BY SLICE. AND THE SLICED PIECE OF THE CAKE
REPRESENTS THE FRUITS OF THEIR LABORS THAT TWO OF THEM WILL
MIRTHFULLY SHARE.