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1. | "How To Jump The Broom" Select a time to perform this tradition. Either at the very end of the ceremony or during the reception would be appropriate. |
| 2. | Call your guests to gather around you and your new spouse. |
| 3. | Place the broom on the floor and stand in front of it. |
| 4. | Ask a family member or friend to narrate the history of this custom. It stems back to the time when slaves were prevented from marrying. They developed this ritual as a way to unite in ceremony. |
| 5. | Suggest that the narrator explain to guests that you are re-creating the ceremony as a way to represent the joining together of two lives and the need for support of the marriage from the entire community. |
| 6. | Hold the broom with your spouse as the narrator shares this important information. |
| 7. | Sweep the broom in a circle together until the story is finished. |
| 8. | Place the broom on the floor and hold hands with your spouse. |
| 9. | Ask the guests to count out loud to three. |
| 10. | Jump over the broom together.
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