Marriage traditions

JunJun.fr wrote: If you are invited to a Chinese wedding banquet, (aka BIG FAT wedding banquet), remember to STARVE yourself a few days before, so that you can eat a little bit of all the dozen dishes... YES, because you'll have to eat a dozen dishes within the evening !
Also, if you are a lady marrying a Chinese man in the traditional way, keep in mind that during the banquet, you'll have to drink a cup of wine / alcohol with each table of guests... & some guests will want to feel special & ask the couple to drink with each one of them. So, ask the best man to fill your own bottle with a non-alcoholic beverage & do as if you were getting drunk.

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Holy shit that fk price ,2 grand a table as we have a big group of friends and family , I have to sell my blood to marry a Chinese girl. I'll marry myself.

^solution: buffet at the local rsl

JunJun.fr wrote: If you are invited to a Chinese wedding banquet, (aka BIG FAT wedding banquet), remember to STARVE yourself a few days before, so that you can eat a little bit of all the dozen dishes... YES, because you'll have to eat a dozen dishes within the evening !

these are usually very small portions (think 10+ course fine dining).

greensheep wrote: ^solution: buffet at the local rsl

JunJun.fr wrote: If you are invited to a Chinese wedding banquet, (aka BIG FAT wedding banquet), remember to STARVE yourself a few days before, so that you can eat a little bit of all the dozen dishes... YES, because you'll have to eat a dozen dishes within the evening !

these are usually very small portions (think 10+ course fine dining).

Aussie girls are extremely shy don't you think ?

^generally no. some can be a little closed off though. probably because they havent interacted with many asians.

The culture of the Dominican Republic is predominantly a mix of Spanish and African heritages, but the Spanish aspects shine through when it comes to wedding ceremonies on the island.
Traditionally, the man proposes to the woman, and then it is up to the bride's family to put together the ceremony. Unlike in Western cultures, it is not considered bad luck for the bride and groom to see each other before the ceremony. In fact, it is several hours before the wedding that the families join together to take the wedding pictures. Another custom that is different in the Dominican Republic is that weddings do not consist of large bridal parties, rather just the bride and the groom, three young relatives who carry flowers, coins, and the bible down the aisle, and the padrinos, or godparents of the wedding. The padrinos are typically the mother of the groom and the father of the bride, and are there to serve as witnesses to the marriage.
Two of the most important traditions in a Dominican Republic ceremony are the arras and the ceremonia contada. The arras is a silver tray of 13 gold coins passed from one of the young boys who participated in the wedding, to the minister who blesses the coins and passes it on to the groom, who gives it to the bride. This represents a pledge between the bride and groom to share all of their earthly possessions throughout their marriage. There ceremonia contada is another practice, in which all of the music at the wedding ceremony is sung by the guests, rather than played by a band.

In a city of my country ,i saw an interesting tradition, the friends and family give gift to the newly engaged couple , it can be cars , home appliances, etc . But this couple wil give the same thing (similar to refund) when their friends get married.

I think it depends on each country in countries his traditions regarding marriage.
The tradition in my family is to ask for the woman's hand in marriage in front of the parents, be engaged for a period of time and in an exact date decided by the couple and approved by the father of the couple then get married in a church with both Families present...
If this tradition disappears over time, Now the couples in my country are married through of paper by form civil way with two witnesses and nothing else..