"Hallelujah", a new Polish wedding tradition

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"Hallelujah", a new Polish wedding tradition

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Last couple of years a new tradition emerged in Poland: during a wedding ceremony in church "Hallelujah" is performed, often with a new translation, lacking sexual overtones of the original Leonard's text.
The new tradition became so widespread that in some dioceses of the Catholic church the bishops issued official orders prohibiting "singing secular songs during religious rituals in church" (Poland is a rather strange country :-().

A couple of alternate versions performed at various times during wedding ceremony:
https://youtu.be/750iLMQRZ2g
https://youtu.be/UznjBTecJ2Q
https://youtu.be/fR5b7Noo8oQ
https://youtu.be/a5AjJB38Kg0
https://youtu.be/w2WDu_wkOlc
https://youtu.be/fQOH5OD3nUY
https://youtu.be/LknjAhW6e-c
https://youtu.be/vwhxWkfPzpU
https://youtu.be/iqd_TG5TBmQ
https://youtu.be/YeYKNeFX-6w
https://youtu.be/7OtRMaG5V-4
https://youtu.be/XY8sPvNaVP0

... and a special gift from a young artist performing at the wedding reception:
https://youtu.be/17y1zwDm5Zg
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