 Family life
 Religion
 Parenting
 Partner’s personality
a) Hiring a matchmaker
b) Changing clothes at least three times
c) Breaking a glass
d) Reception paid by the groom’s family
 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
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
 New soul
 Fasting
 Kittel
 Kabbalat Panin
 Badeken
 Chuppah
 Blessing of Bethrotal
 One ring
 Ketubah
 The Seven Blessings
 Breaking the Glass
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
 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
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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
 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
A
B
C
 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
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!
a) Chinese for “bride”
b) Ethnic group from mountains of China,
Vietnam, Laos and Thailand
c) Nepali fortune teller
 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