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Family life
Religion
Parenting
Partner’s personality
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a) Hiring a matchmaker
b) Changing clothes at least three times
c) Breaking a glass
d) Reception paid by the groom’s family
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Matchmaker
Consulting a fortune teller
Welcoming the Bride
Bowing to Heaven and Earth
Tea Ceremony
Reception paid by the groom’s family
Red envelopes
Nine courses
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a) Bride and groom fast from dawn until
the completion of the wedding
ceremony
b) Only the bride gets the ring
c) Ceremony takes place under a canopy
d) Jumping over the broom
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New soul
Fasting
Kittel
Kabbalat Panin
Badeken
Chuppah
Blessing of Bethrotal
One ring
Ketubah
The Seven Blessings
Breaking the Glass
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a) Brides and grooms get an old thing
from parents
b) Bs and Gs get a new thing from
parents
c) Bs and Gs get both, a new and an
old thing
d) They get nothing from parents
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Not many traditions – usually borrowed from native countries
Typically outside – in the park / in the garden
Newly married couple gets an old present from parents which is connected to a short story or symbolism
Finger food
A small present for guests and friends – obligation
Maximum till midnight
http://www.australianbrideandgroom.com.au/sydney-2/
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What is the consistent custom with
Czech weddings:
a) A bride has something borrowed
b) A bride throws a bunch of flowers
c) A tradition of braking plates
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A relationship without any intimacy before a wedding
Magnificent wedding
A bride has two maids of honour and a bridegroom has two best men
Religion
A bride and groom are sitting on a podium on thrones
Food – mostly only sweets
No alcohol
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A
B
C
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according to Hindu
religious believes a
traditional sacred
ceremony is a “must“
otherwise the couple
will not be
acknowledged in the
society
+ they will be
excommunicated
from their village
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3 kinds of marriage styles:
“Ngerorod“ (elopment) – fake kidnapping
“Memadik“ – the proposal; for the richer
“Nyentana“ – the groom starts living with his wife’s family
the morning after the elopment/proposal:
“mekala – kalaan“ – similar to a small civil wedding
a private affair
the simplest of traditional Balinese clothes
then they are legally married
three days later:
“Ketipat Bantal“ – uniting of the families
caste system!
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a) Chinese for “bride”
b) Ethnic group from mountains of China,
Vietnam, Laos and Thailand
c) Nepali fortune teller
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south China
exogamous – marriage only outside one’s own clan
Giving a gift to the girl
Fake kidnapping = “making one’s intentions clear“
The bride price
During the wedding, there are many rules a bride must follow:
When leaving the bride's house, during that process, the bride must never look back.
No pepper dish during the feast
Gift(s) from past boyfriend(s)
Bride’s maid
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