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13 Responses to “Korean Culture Class #24 - Marriage and Weddings in Korea”
Friday at 6:30 pm
여러분은 한국의 결혼식에 가 보셨나요?
Friday at 10:12 pm
there was an email sent to me regarding the premium subscription. although i want to sign up for that, i’m just a student and i don’t want my parents to be paying it for me. so i can’t really do that now
…but i will when i save enough money to afford it
Friday at 11:55 pm
hhahhaa
same case here cheska..
I`m also a scholar student,,
im really sorry for not signing up for the premium one..
mian ham ni da
Saturday at 3:44 am
Nope, never went to one in Korea, I’ve been to a wedding in Trinidad, a Caribbean Island of the coast of Venezuela….
Saturday at 7:21 am
Hyunwoo Sun!
I didn’t know you don’t like Korean wedding style!
We’ll make it your way promise when time comes when we both get marry together. I know you have to get to know me first then we’ll marry but for me it’s ok I’ll keep in mind everything said on this lesson.
Los casamientos en Mexico son muy diferentes a los de Korea son mas parecidos a los de Estados Unidos. Yo asisti a una boda cuando era muy pequeña y ya no me acuerdo bien!
Bueno gracias por tu tiempo.S_R_C
Saturday at 9:13 am
한국의 결혼식에 가본적이 없는데 한국에서 결혼을 할거예요
Saturday at 6:39 pm
:???:I hope Gyeong-eun is not leaving too…. I don’t want to hear another bad news,,,,,,
Sunday at 10:14 pm
another email and this time regarding basic subscription. im sorry but i basically earn no money at all so i really cant sign up for anything not free but still promise that i will when i do earn money own my own already. i really wish i could sign up for a premium subscription now
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Thursday at 1:51 pm
Great lesson!
I’ve had Korean friends who got married, but I unfortunately didn’t have a chance to attend any of their weddings. With all of the expectations on everyone involved it sure sounds stressful.
One thing that strikes me as being really different from American customs regarding marriage is the involvement of the parents during the whole process. Sure, parents still have some measure of input, but for parents to be able to prevent their adult children from marrying who they would like, or to pressure them into marrying a particular person would be pretty unimaginable except in the most extremely socially conservative circles.
As for 축의금, we don’t usually give cash gifts, but instead give useful items for the new household, or more meaningful things if we’re close friends to either one of them. The couple getting married will write up a list of things that they would like to have and usually register that list with a couple department stores so that the weddings guests can easily find out what the couple wants and what has already been purchased. I guess this replaces some of the need for the bride’s family to purchase all the furnishings, because many small items will be already taken care of.
As for buying a new house, this is definitely not expected of the groom in the US, and if the couple does decide to buy a home, it will most likely be a joint decision, rather than the sole responsibility of the groom. I can see why Hyunwoo wouldn’t be a fan of that custom. ^^
Another thing I found pretty interesting about the lesson was the glimpse into Korean attitudes towards 독신주의자, or people dedicated to being single. Sure there are plenty of people in the US who are resigned to being single, perhaps because of a run of bad luck in long term relationships, but the only people I’ve met who planned to stay single for life were people that just had such an introverted personality, or were so dedicated to their interests (they were hackers, actually) that they had no interest in the opposite sex. It’s interesting that a person could be suspected of being dedicated to being single for life if they haven’t married by a certain age in Korea. Is there just not much tolerance for experimenting with relationships without making the commitment of marriage?
Friday at 8:11 pm
hi
Friday at 8:11 pm
Friday at 8:15 pm
Saturday at 12:48 pm
I’m surprised you didn’t talk about one of the ways that Korean 결혼식 differs from how it is in the West– the eating!
First of all, it’s often a buffet (and in fact, the wedding often takes place in a special building called a 웨딩홀(부페)). I don’t know if this is the case at all Korean weddings, but at the ones I went to, the buffet was open before the ceremony finished! So, if you got bored during the ceremony from hearing the officiating person talk, then you could just go down to the buffet room and help yourself! Due to the length of the ceremony and the requirement to go to the small room where they do the formal bows, it’s possible that the couple won’t get a chance to eat…
That’s a major difference from the Western way, where the dinner is so formalized, with speeches before every course of the meal… (And now that you’ve finished your soup and before the salad comes out, let’s hear from the groom’s dog’s vet’s second cousin twice removed about his memories of the groom…)
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