I went to a friends wedding in college and right as the bride and groom were about to get in his car to leave, the groomsman grabbed her, threw her in another car and drove off. Someone told me he couldn't have her until he found her. They were Lithuanian.
I've been to a couple where everybody has to tell a little story about the bride and groom, which is cool.
What do your people do that others, might not?
Any weirdness you want to borrow from other cultures?
2007-05-14 11:36:32 · 9 answers · asked by Anonymous in Family & Relationships ➔ Weddings
Mrs. C,
Do you really want to say "handclasping" in front of naked guys? That might get too much of their attention if you know what I mean.
2007-05-15 12:08:27 · update #1
My sister-in-law is Chinese/Vietnamese and for the engagement all the siblings of the groom had to bring these offerings... money, a roasted pig, fruit, a bunch of stuff! It all had to come in the house in a certain order, each item had to come in carried by the oldest to youngest siblings. Then the wedding itself, they had to have a small ceremony at the bride's parents home first with immediate family only before we went to the church or temple (I don't remember which) and they had a big ceremony that was more traditional and all their family and friends came to that.
2007-05-14 11:47:31 · answer #1 · answered by Marianne D 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Wow, I think that whole "couldnt find her until he found her" would piss the heck out of me. In my Mexican cultures we have various traditions. We have the "Vivora de la Mar" where the bride and the groom make a bridge using the bride's veil and all the single ladies make a long "snake" and dance through the bridge and around the couple. It is said that single women dance beneath the bride's veil to get luck so they will wed soon. The single gentlemen do the same thing.
Another thing we do just for laughs is, after their first dance and their dances with their parents and wedding party, the men "steal" the groom away and bring him back in an apron, the we give the bride a belt and a bottle of tequila and we finish off the groom with a broom and a baby in his arms and they dance around to a funny song showing who's gonna have the pants in that marriage. Its funny.
2007-05-14 12:09:04 · answer #2 · answered by MariChelita 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Not weird, just different. For Ukrainian weddings, at the reception after the dancing has been going on for a while, and people are a bit liquored up, there is a "Kolomyka" - a special dance. Everyone makes a huge circle on the dance floor, then those who know specific Ukrainian dance steps or routines, goes into the middle of the circle and performs them. It's nice when the younger ones go out there and strut their stuff, especially the gymnastic-like stuff the boys learn like jumping in the air and touching their feet -- but it's most fun and hilarious when good old Uncle Yurij goes out there and attempts dance moves he hasn't done since he was 12!. Everyone claps and sings, and it's a pile of fun!
There are many others, but at a Ukrainian wedding, the Kolomyka is definitely something to look forward to!
2007-05-15 01:06:21 · answer #3 · answered by Lydia 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Well the idea of two weddings is going to step on a lot of toes. Who gets to go to the 'real' wedding for example. With that situation I would just ask who would be willing to fly out (who can afford it) If more of his family can afford it, they should fly over, if more of yours can afford it, they should fly over. Or have it somewhere else so that everyone has to fly to it. But two weddings wont work. And it would be good for your families to actually meet now you are getting married. As for the culture difference, in this day and age the bride/groom themselves pay for the wedding. You cant talk to him about money? How old are you 13? Once you get married you will need to discuss money ALOT. So better start now. I wouldnt bother with traditions, they arent important. Why offend people just to stick to something that doesnt mean anything?
2016-05-18 01:51:58 · answer #4 · answered by jackie 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I'm from Russia, and the most distinct wedding tradition there is that at the dinner that follows the wedding (what in the US would be called a "reception") the guests, before drinking, start chanting "Gor'ko", which means "bitter" in Russian. I.e., their drink is "bitter" - and the bride and groom must kiss before everyone can drink (which presumably makes the drink "sweeter"). It can happen many times over the course of the dinner.
2007-05-14 11:54:29 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Native American Hopi here.....welp, the aunts get mad at the groom and cut his hair....like on the jackass movie, it's not exactly by permission. The bride has to grind corn for three days at the groom's mom's house. The groom has to make the bride's wedding dress. Oh yeah.....and both families get in a HUGE mud fight.
2007-05-14 12:04:16 · answer #6 · answered by becca 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yeah, I'm from england, it usual for the best man to ask the bride if she has changed her mind, on the night before the wedding...
she gets to say 'call it off'
Also it's considered lucky for the bride to be kissed by a chimney sweep on her wedding day
2007-05-14 11:51:37 · answer #7 · answered by oisian88 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
As a Wiccan, it is common to marry naked. I have performed several "Handfastings" in which the couple were "Sky Clad".
2007-05-14 11:47:47 · answer #8 · answered by mrscmmckim 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I'm polish, it's customary for us all to get really really wasted and do the polka
2007-05-14 11:52:22 · answer #9 · answered by Jessica S 4 · 2⤊ 0⤋