Happy Wedding day
JC and Heather's wedding (Jincheol and Eunkyung) was super cute. They got married this past weekend (May 15th) in Heather's Home town in Jecheon. Jecheon, Korea is about 2 hours from Seoul, Korea and maybe 1 and 1/2 from Suwon, Korea. Here are some pictures of the wedding. Aren't they a good looking couple...
My experience-
Korean wedding are different from American and Latin American weddings. From what I understand, weddings are more so like a hassle for friends and family. Like, they just want to get it over with. The way I have experienced it is like this- The ceremony followed by food. The food is buffet style and after the guest eat they leave. (I think they literally just leave- there isn't a toast or anything like that or cake) From what I experienced, the food is in the same facility as the ceremony and like I mentioned before it's buffet style. ummmm... what else... oh yeah, the gift is always simply money. The amount you give all depends on the relationship. If you barely know the person, you give the couple 40,000 KRW (about 39 USD) and if you're good friends, you would give them around 100,000 KRW (about 96 USD). (PS: I Like this money gift thing better- what's worst then getting a gift you HAVE to keep?) The bride and groom also change into different outfits about 4 times during the whole day. I was able to witness the introduction of the groom's family to the bride... and the trowing of the - i think rice cakes... which are supposed to be babies... anyways enjoy the pics ask questions...
so they do get married via a religious ceremony appose to a civil union via the state? I ask cuz I think I see a wooden cross all the way in the back of the 1st picture.
ReplyDeleteI think some people get only a civil wedding and others get both... I would imagine that you have to get a marriage license or something legal. I'm not sure I'll ask my friend. The first wedding I went to, wasn't a religious ceremony. Let me ask and I'll let you know.
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