This may seem like a dumb question, but I don’t want to get accused of cultural appropriation, because that is certainly not my intent. 🤦🏻♀️ I’m not Hispanic, and neither is my fiancé. I also understand that other cultures use this tradition, but my fiancé and I do not fall into these categories either. Lol
My fiancé and I had a pre-marriage seminar at our church, and the Deacon’s wife (who is Mexican-American) showed us a lasso rosary. She also described it’s meaning of a united couple, with Christ in the center of the marriage. I loved it, and it’s meaning. I gotta say, this marriage prep in the Catholic Church is bringing me back to the faith, which is certainly not a bad thing! I’ve also learned a great deal about what it means (to the church/Catholicism, I understand that valid non-religious or other religious ceremonies also exist lol) to get married. For me, it brings a deeper meaning to our marriage, which is why I really want to incorporate the lasso rosary.
But I don’t want to offend anyone over it. 🤷🏻♀️ Maybe I need to do more research on the tradition, and while it seems to be a catholic tradition overall, I’ve read that it’s mostly used in Hispanic traditions. Am I over-thinking this? Lol all in all, would it be considered offensive for an Irish/German and Italian/Polish couple to use this tradition? Lol