Any Asian Brides/Grooms or anyone for that matter ..how did you work cultural traditions into your ceremony

My FI is Korean...His parents do not condone the marriage and will not be attending the wedding. He says it does not bother him...but I know it does a little
Looks like I got off easy no in-laws..but actually I am upset at times it makes mi FI sad

I wanted to work something cultural into the ceremony or reception.....Please I am willing to hear any ideas

I thought korean table names ...but than no one could pronounce them


so I am looking for suggestions



thanks so much

Michelle

Re: Any Asian Brides/Grooms or anyone for that matter ..how did you work cultural traditions into your ceremony

I am Indian and we are opting to wear Indian clothes.

I have a few suggestions:

1. Switch into Korean clothes (just him or both of you) for the reception.

2. Have a table of Korean pasties/desserts. Ask him for ideas. I know Koreans eat bbq beef strips (bulgogli) and kimchee -- maybe a table of Korean food. I like desserts personally.

3. Maybe along the lines of what you said for tables you could have famous buildings/locations from Korea on the placecards..do the same for NY. So a couple could be sitting at the Empire State Building Table and the 'korean location' table.

4. Wedding ducks, lanterns or cranes could be used. Maybe you can make some origami cranes from colored paper (wedding color) and make a garland/streamer of sorts and hang it.

5. Serve sake during cocktail hour

Hope these help...

Re: Any Asian Brides/Grooms or anyone for that matter ..how did you work cultural traditions into your ceremony

Maybe you can play some Korean music at the reception as well...I've heard a few Korean songs myself and it was really good!

Maybe there are certain colors that are popular among Koreans/Asians that you can factor into the wedding decorations/invites/flowers/cake ?

Is there a type of flower thats popular in Korea? If so, maybe you can include those in your CP...

Maybe you can even say a part of your vows in Korean! Personally I think that would be great..like on The Bachelor, Byron proposed to Mary in Spanish..I thought that was really sweet of him!! :)

I think asking your FH is your best bet and then take whatever traditions he mentions and work them into your wedding!

Re: Any Asian Brides/Grooms or anyone for that matter ..how did you work cultural traditions into your ceremony

My FH is also Korean, so I have thought about this a lot. We are a bit unique, as FH is converting to Judaism and we are having a traditional Jewish wedding. It was kind of hard to find ideas that fit in and neither FH nor his parents seem to care at all about incorporating any Korean traditions into the wedding. But, I think its important, so here is what we are doing so far:

- The program will be written in both English and Korean
- The quote on our invite is in English, Korean and Hebrew
- Having some traditional Korean food at the cocktail hour.
- I think that FH should dance with his mom to a Korean song of her choice, but he has yet to work that out.
- Also trying to figure out how to incorporate the Korean Wedding Ducks into the ceremony, but again, FH hasn't been a big help.

Other ideas we tossed around was a reading in Korean and then the translation in English, saying our vows in Korean as well as Hebrew and English or some other Korean in the ceremony.

You may want to check out this site - it really helped me: http://www.cristine.net/~cristine/pictures/wedding/wedding.html

The bride is Korean and converted to Judaism and they incorporated both cultures into their wedding. She explains the Korean portions really well, so that should help you out.

Feel free to FM me with any questions! Good luck!

Re: Any Asian Brides/Grooms or anyone for that matter ..how did you work cultural traditions into your ceremony

we are filipino and we have some traditions we'll incorporate during the ceremony... for instance we have cord, veil and candle sponsors. also we have a coin bearer 'arras'.

i think the traditional dress would be nice... also maybe if there are some traditional korean sayings, you could include them in the program. for favors, you could give out something korean (candy, something made in korea, etc.)

Re: Any Asian Brides/Grooms or anyone for that matter ..how did you work cultural traditions into your ceremony

Hello!!

Im Hispanic
He's Chinese

I went with an Asian Inspired theme

- Red and Gold (only I was in white)
- Red BM dresses
- Red linens with Gold napkins
- Red programs
- GREAT invites that were in Chinese AND english, one side gold with red writing one side red with gold writing
- Chinese lanterns as centerpieces
- chopsticks as favors
- Red/Gold Dragon/Phoenix guestbook and pen
- Yellow cake with red accents but the cake itself was a DEEP red color
- Asian room divider to get married in front of
- Chinese side tables (high) for placement of our floral arrangements
- HUGE Gold Fan over the fireplace in our wedding

See my review for photos

Feel free to FM if ya want.