Weddings

[King Henry]

I just returned from my cousin's wedding in Austin. It was my first Christian wedding; the weddings I usually attend are Buddhist. The differences had me thinking: Maybe there are different traditions and wedding procedures in different countries.

That's what I want to discuss in this topic. This past weekend, the wedding started with violinists playing the wedding march. Next, the wedding party walked up to the front of the aisle (there wasn't an altar because it was an outdoor wedding), with the bride being escorted by her father at the end of the march. Then the preacher (or minister or priest? I don't know the correct term for him) read from the Bible and asked everyone to pray. And then the couple gave their vows and exchanged the rings and kissed.

At the last Buddhist wedding I attended, the bride and groom's families first met at the bride's house and prayed. And then everyone went to the groom's house and repeated the praying process. The main differences between the Buddhist and Christian weddings are: the couple wear ao dai (traditional Vietnamese clothing) instead of a tuxedo and wedding gown and the couple and their families (not family friends) meet at each other's houses to pray (not at a temple or church). Anyone familiar with Christian and Buddhist weddings can include more differences or correct me if they want. Also, I'm not sure if this applies to non - Asian receptions, but the couple walk from table to table to receive cards and well wishes from the guests, who tap their dishes and champagne glasses with chopsticks and forks.

Does your nationality or religion have unique wedding traditions?  

[Rebirth Project]

ninja

One more night , I wanna be with you
Where I wanna hold you tight…

The last wedding I went to was around 2-3 years ago. It was a half Christian and half Buddhist one, since the bride was Christian and the broom was Buddhist. Like most weddings I assisted to [Buddhist], we went to the couple's houses and prayed. Then, we went to a restaurant specially reserved for the wedding. I do remember the bride had like 5 differents dresses during the wedding. At the end, they gave everyone those wrapped mini elegant "cups" with candies in it.

My dress was so tight. Gaw-d, I had difficulty sitting. D:

It feels so right
Tonight…

 

[Rebirth Project]

ninja

One more night , I wanna be with you
Where I wanna hold you tight…

In case some of you don't know what traditional Vietnamese clothings or wedding dresses are, I googled it for you. :]

http://aodaivinh.ecrater.com/2153/436b1f8c15b05_2153b.jpg
http://aodaivinh.ecrater.com/2153/436b1fb3c5f55_2153b.jpg

I kept my crown from my Vietnamese dress we gave me when I was 7. Too small for me, but I still like it.

It feels so right
Tonight…

 

[.Mikemo Cat-Boy]

I haven't really been to any wedding lately...
Last ones I went to was all Christian wedding...
But I went to a Filipino wedding a looong time ago...
Only different thing I noticed was the things they had to wear...
The funky traditional clothes that look cool...
Oh and my cousin's wedding that was kinda African too...
Where they had to jump over a broom after...
>.<...  

[~~choco~cooky~~]

Last wedding I attented was a Buddhist one. We basically went to pray at the bride and groom's houses and then at night, we went to a restaurant. The bride wore like 3 different dresses. The ao dai, the white one and some other purple one. confused Its pretty different to Christian weddings I've been too. Theres was also held at two locations, first a chruch and then a restaurant. But the concept was pretty different.  

[MeltingMilkBottle]

I went to a filipino wedding, it wasnt done in a church the event was outdoors. the wedding song used was a guitar and people who had good singing voices, and finally the last song.. they used the karaoke machine to play the song, everyone noticed when the score sound came up xd
P.S it wasn't a very grand wedding though.  

[Kuroi Kohhi]

King Henry

I just returned from my cousin's wedding in Austin. It was my first Christian wedding; the weddings I usually attend are Buddhist. The differences had me thinking: Maybe there are different traditions and wedding procedures in different countries.

That's what I want to discuss in this topic. This past weekend, the wedding started with violinists playing the wedding march. Next, the wedding party walked up to the front of the aisle (there wasn't an altar because it was an outdoor wedding), with the bride being escorted by her father at the end of the march. Then the preacher (or minister or priest? I don't know the correct term for him) read from the Bible and asked everyone to pray. And then the couple gave their vows and exchanged the rings and kissed.

At the last Buddhist wedding I attended, the bride and groom's families first met at the bride's house and prayed. And then everyone went to the groom's house and repeated the praying process. The main differences between the Buddhist and Christian weddings are: the couple wear ao dai (traditional Vietnamese clothing) instead of a tuxedo and wedding gown and the couple and their families (not family friends) meet at each other's houses to pray (not at a temple or church). Anyone familiar with Christian and Buddhist weddings can include more differences or correct me if they want. Also, I'm not sure if this applies to non - Asian receptions, but the couple walk from table to table to receive cards and well wishes from the guests, who tap their dishes and champagne glasses with chopsticks and forks.

Does your nationality or religion have unique wedding traditions?

lol i am catholic i think kinda runnin from christianity lol oh well nah but i have been to a bunch of weddings lol they usually play classical music although my friends was more new age lol.

but i have only been to a few asian weddings lol although they were alot more extragant in my eyes  

[[Joan De Arc]]

King Henry

I just returned from my cousin's wedding in Austin. It was my first Christian wedding; the weddings I usually attend are Buddhist. The differences had me thinking: Maybe there are different traditions and wedding procedures in different countries.

That's what I want to discuss in this topic. This past weekend, the wedding started with violinists playing the wedding march. Next, the wedding party walked up to the front of the aisle (there wasn't an altar because it was an outdoor wedding), with the bride being escorted by her father at the end of the march. Then the preacher (or minister or priest? I don't know the correct term for him) read from the Bible and asked everyone to pray. And then the couple gave their vows and exchanged the rings and kissed.

At the last Buddhist wedding I attended, the bride and groom's families first met at the bride's house and prayed. And then everyone went to the groom's house and repeated the praying process. The main differences between the Buddhist and Christian weddings are: the couple wear ao dai (traditional Vietnamese clothing) instead of a tuxedo and wedding gown and the couple and their families (not family friends) meet at each other's houses to pray (not at a temple or church). Anyone familiar with Christian and Buddhist weddings can include more differences or correct me if they want. Also, I'm not sure if this applies to non - Asian receptions, but the couple walk from table to table to receive cards and well wishes from the guests, who tap their dishes and champagne glasses with chopsticks and forks.

Does your nationality or religion have unique wedding traditions?

No, but my relatives are rich..o.O Their daughter married a american guy (OMG! THE 2ND I KNOW!) and it was like...
*pro chefs, expnsive food...nothing azn....except the rich part..*  

[Laughing Platypus]

I've only been to Catholic and Buddhist weddings so far.