We are doing a handfasting for our "unity" ceremony, and yes typically it's the officiant who does the wrapping but we would like for his oldest daughter to do it while the officiant does the speech part. Is it necessary for the officiant to explain why the daughter is doing it while he's speaking? Or should we just do it and answer any questions later? We aren't doing this from a religion standpoint, we are doing it as it part of his heritage.
If we do have him explain it, I'm stuck on wording. What I was thinking initially sounds like we are blending our families, but I don't have children. I was thinking "to represent the joining of these families, *Daughter* will fast their hands with this symbolic cord..." and then as she's placing the cord (which is pre-wrapped for sake of ease) he will explain the symbolism of each color.
TIA for your feedback!
