Korean Wedding Traditions - What You Need To Know PDF
Korean Wedding Traditions - What You Need To Know PDF
Korean Wedding Traditions - What You Need To Know PDF
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Incorporating your Korean traditions can make your wedding a truly unique
event. These days we’ve adapted to more westernized weddings, but with
our help, you can have the best of both worlds.
The parents of the bride and groom are entitled to invite whomever they
please, often resulting in a guest count as large as 500! It is Korean tradition
that the bride and groom wander the wedding venue to welcome each guest
on their special day, this can often become a stressful task from the bride
and groom. However, the groom may greet the wedding guests in one area
while the bride has her own special room in which to greet her
guests. Photos of the bride and her guests are also taken before the
ceremony.
During the Korean wedding ceremony, vows are taken in the kunbere
ceremony. Both bride and groom wear the traditional hanbok, a traditional
Korean dress specially designed for the ceremony. The hanbok represents
thousands of years of tradition and is usually made of a lightweight material
with bright colors, simple lines, and no pockets. The bride will wear a pink or
purple hanbok, while the groom’s mother wears a blue hanbok. Female
members of the family may also wear the hanbok, but they may choose
more modern clothing in place of the traditional dress.
The main requirement for attending a Korean wedding is that you bring a
white envelope that contains money to present to the bride and groom. The
amount of money given depends on the relationship between the guest and
the couple. It is traditional to give the chosen amount of money in one
clean, crisp bill inside the white envelope.