2. The marriage between a man and woman represents the
joining of two families the event was often called Taerye
(Great Ritual),
In the past professional matchmakers paired up likely
candidates for marriage, with the new couple often
meeting for the first time at their wedding! The families
considered many factors in the decision, consuting with
fortune tellers for predictions about the couple's future life
together
At the present time,
The groom usually traveled to the house of the bride for
the ceremony, then stayed there for 3 days before taking
his new bride to his family's home. The actual ceremony
involved many small rituals, with many bows and symbolic
gestures.
The participants were expected to control their emotions
and remain somber.
3. Clothes
Hanbok is the name given to traditional Korean attire
Is a short jacket with two long ribbons which are tied to form the otgoreum. Boat-shaped shoes made of
silk, are worn with white cotton socks. The bride's attire might include a white sash with significant
symbols or flowers. A headpiece or crown may also be worn. The norigae is a hanbok decoration which
has been worn by all classes of Korean women for centuries.
The groom's attire
A jacket and trousers and an overcoat are worn. The jacket has loose sleeves, the trousers are roomy
and tied with straps at the ankles. A vest may be worn over the shirt. A black hat could be worn.
The wedding costume for men is also known as gwanbok.
4. Wedding feast
can be a mix of traditional and western cultures. At a traditional
wedding feast a guest would expect to find bulgogi (marinated
barbecue beef strips), galbi ( marinated short ribs), a variety of kimchi
(pickled cabbage with a variety of spices, with seafood).
The meal is always accompanied with a vast quantity of white, sticky
rice as well as gimbap, which is rice, egg, spinach, crab meat, pickled
radish, and other ingredients rolled in seaweed. Mandu, dumplings
filled with cabbage, carrot, meat, spinach, garlic, onion, chive, and
clear noodle.
5. CONCLUSION
I think that the marriage traditions in korea are rare and
they have changed over the time but they keep the
essence of their traditions.
References
Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism of the Republic of
Korea, http://www.mct.go.kr/english/useful/usefulList.jsp
THE KOREAN HANBOK, http://www.asianinfo.org/asianinfo/korea/cel/hanbok.htm
Soon Kim, Weol, AN INTRODUCTION TO KOREAN CULTURE FOR REHABILITATION SERVICE
PROVIDERS,http://cirrie.buffalo.edu/culture/monographs/korea.pdf
Anonymous,life korea,source on the internet, 2005,5/mayo/15,
<http://www.lifeinkorea.com/culture/marriage/marriage.cfm>
