Weddings around the world Alexandra Jelínková, Zuzana Čechová, Lucie Kantor What is a wedding? http://malawi24.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/I-DO-Marriage-Series.jpg •„A wedding is a ceremony where two people are united in marriage.“ •„Marriage, also called matrimony or wedlock, is a socially or ritually recognized union or legal contract between spouses that establishes rights and obligations between them, between them and their children, and between them and their in-laws. “ Heterosexual marriage • • http://www.glamour.com/images/weddings/2014/01/Wedding06-main.jpg Same-sex marriage • http://www.gaystarnews.com/sites/default/files/alg_gay_marriage_0.jpg http://dcgazette.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/vs-gay-marriage.jpg http://i2.cdn.turner.com/cnn/2009/US/10/12/california.samesex.marriage/art.same.sex.marriage.gi.jpg • http://retardo.dk/upload/a6652d8d256d6422a5a1ac9be262f057.jpg •Marriages: Argentina, Portugal, Spain, UK (Scotland, Wales, England), South Africa, Iceland, Brazil, Canada, France, Finland, Sweden, Uruguay, Mexico, Luxembourg,… •Civil unions: Austria, Australia, Czech Republic, Malta, Liechtenstein, Italy, Slovenia, Venezuela,… •Illegal, punishable by death: Libya, Sudan, Uganda, Saudi Arabia, Afghanistan, Yemen, Qatar (muslims only), Malaysia, Singapore and Sierra Leone (males only),… Polyamorous weddings Self-marriage • http://wac.450f.edgecastcdn.net/80450F/thefw.com/files/2012/01/Chen-Wei-Yih-and-self.jpg Wedding with a… dog? • https://thenypost.files.wordpress.com/2014/09/159129-22.jpg?w=840 … a goat? • http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-FjwYDqMAldA/UPiGA8VldSI/AAAAAAAAZIA/2vLSkjpi0do/s1600/001charles-tombe-go at-man.jpg … don‘t even get me started on Japan. • http://www.womansday.com/cm/womansday/images/Yy/04-A-Body-Pillow-Inanimate-Object-Relationships-1.j pg http://www.sickchirpse.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/article-1268130775880-08A44469000005DC-332310 _636x513.jpg •Wait, what? •Better get back to normal weddings. • •Why do people get married? • why men get married • http://www.shanitasvoiceofreason.com/uploads/1/4/1/6/14169954/6215162.png?359 Czech wedding traditions •Bretislaus I., Duke of Bohemia – 12th century •Men married at 16-18, women at 14-16 •Margaret of Bohemia married at 7 in 1328 • • • http://slovane.cz/foto/svatba/male-svatba-089.jpg • http://www.kvasice.cz/foto/22/2255.jpg We all know some typical Czech wedding traditions. But do you know why… •… the bride wears a veil? •…. there are bridesmaids? •….do we throw rice? •….sprinkle the newlyweds with flower petals? •….do the newlyweds eat the soup jointly? •….do the circular dance? • And now let’s go around the world a little bit • china-630.jpg bulgarian-630.jpg India630.jpg sumatraIndonesia-630.jpg macedonia-630.jpg Japan630.jpg iraqi-630.jpg Kenya nairobi Maasai-630.jpg Pernikahan-putri-Raja-Brunei.jpg Wierd (?) wedding traditions • Indian Wedding Traditions https://encrypted-tbn2.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcQKf8dak0BD4b--1q9jS7p5bOMKhnadcy-lfeo228OBzJw _3YE_aw •India = huge diversity in from of food & clothing & customs & traditions • •Marriage – a union of two individuals and their families • •Arranged marriages are still norm • •First ceremonies start months before the wedding •There is numerous amount of pre-wedding, wedding and post-wedding ceremonies • •One of pre-wedding ceremonies is Mehendi ceremony, the bride’s hands and feet are decorated with intricate patterns by the application of Henna. • •The deeper the colour of the mehendi (henna) stronger is the groom’s love for the bride • •Aafter the wedding, the bride is not expected to perform any housework until her mehendi has faded away. •Indian weddings are very colourful – red, yellow, green and white are crucial colours • •The actual wedding ceremony is 3 hours long • •Bride is decorated with flowers and jewellery, ornaments and stones, she wears a sari • •Traditionally groom comes to bride‘s home on decorated elephant or horse •The bride and groom are considered wed when the groom ties a which is a sacred thread that symbolizes his promise to take care of the bride as long as he lives. • • • • • http://thumbs.dreamstime.com/x/traditional-indian-bride-15793230.jpg • The thread is later replaced with a gold chain. • • •Nearly 60% of women in India had no say in the men they married. •Only 18% of Indian women knew their husbands before the wedding. •About a decade ago, the number of girls who married before puberty stood at 16%. Today that figure is 10%. •More than 15% of married couples don’t immediately move in together. •The average age of couples moving in together is 18. Video https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aeEA8t1x2SI Thank you Sources: •https://oiss.rice.edu , Sravani Gullapalli and Aparna Raju Sagi •http://www.vocativ.com/world/india/5-surprising-facts-marriage-india/ •http://svatebni-tradice-a-zvyky.svatba.cz/ •http://www.svatebniinfo.cz/svatebni-zvyky-v-cechach.html •http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Same-sex_marriage •http://thefw.com/weirdest-marriages-of-the-world-photos-videos/ http://www.wedme.cz/magazin/historie/historie-svatby/201 http://www.bohemiaweddings.com/czech-weddings-traditions-s-15.html http://www.pragueweddingagency.com/czech-wedding-traditions/ http://svatebni-tradice-a-zvyky.svatba.cz/ http://ibnlive.in.com/photogallery/2178-1.html http://www.yourtango.com/2013193457/12-strangest-wedding-traditions-around-world