Wedding traditions

In my country couples have the option to either have a civil wedding or a church wedding. I had both. I had a civil wedding first and later, we had a church wedding because it was my mom's dream to see her daughter walked down the aisle. I really didn't spend much on our wedding because I think there are more important things to spend it on like building your own home. It is really not the wedding that matters but the marriage after that one time event that counts.

The most common weddings here are also held in the church. Although there are modern ways and places to celebrate it at present like in a garden, or at the beach, which are just equally spectacular and wonderful, most people still prefer to have it in the church. Well of course there's really that strong sense of being wed infront of God. Not that God isn't outside the church, right? Civil weddings are popular here as well. But most traditional people do not opt for it though. Yes the celebration is very simple. Sometimes, it is only among closest relatives and friends and the reception is very simple too

Most people in my country prefer Church weddings than civil ones. Being a predominantly catholic country, people really view weddings as an oath in front of God than something legal. Usually brides wear a white dress and the Groom wears a "barong" (Native formal wear in my country), but now coat and tie weddings are slowly becoming a fad. Receptions involve a lot of food, games, dancing and speeches. It is also usually the guy and the guy's family who spends for the wedding. It used to be ill-manners to let the girl and/or her family spend anything for the wedding. But since times have changed, usually couples shoulder their wedding expenses

Before, Indonesia has 27 provinces and they all have their own traditional wedding dress, both for woman and man. Whew! Some people still like to get wed in their traditional dress, even though the reception is held in a hotel Some adopt the western style wedding dress, white for the girl and tuxedo for the man. The more young generation held their wedding receptions in a hotel or a building for rent. However, many of the actual wedding vows usually takes place in their house, or church, or mosque for Muslim.

Here in the Philippines, most of us still prefer Weddings at churches. Civil weddings are only done if it is preferred by a couple who hasn't had much savings to throw a church wedding. If they get married at the city hall with the blessing of a mayor, they will still opt to get married in a church in a few years time. It's quite a tradition here in our country to have the blessing of a priest or a pastor on your wedding day. Weddings can be done in some other venues as preferred by the couple but still it is being officiated by a priest or a pastor. These weddings can vary from big to simple weddings but family members are always present no matter what.

first,good luck to your brother, in china,wedding look same as your easter country,but the tadtional wedding isn't same as yours at all,that day ,there is palanquin,costume,rich dinner, also,we will hold some activities,for example,baitang includings to world,parsents.baidal chamber

weddings in the UK take place in religious buildings or licensed venues. in order to be registered as a place for marriage, a venue needs to be covered, and have walls. so not outside, which is a great shame. last I read of it, when I was planning my wedding, civil ceremonies make up over half of weddings in the UK. because you can't have any religious content in a civil ceremony, we had to have two ceremonies, in order to make an Oath to the Gods. so we first had a handfasting in a stone circle, and then went on to have the legal ceremony beside a subterranean lake in an old slate mine. which was absolutely beautiful too. in the UK there isn't this assumption that a civil ceremony will be any less grand or traditional than a church ceremony. many years ago, people would say that you "can't" have a big white dress/veil/bridesmaids/father walking down the aisle etc. but you can. and in fact, many people do.

Here in my country the most common tradition are church wedding or civil wedding. With church wedding,it has to be with big expenses from church entourage to the reception. The usual wedding march with all the brides maids and groom's men,the secondary sponsor,flower girls,ring bearer and so on ten followed by the bridal march and the wedding ceremony. With civil wedding,it is simple held in municipal/city hall in front of the mayor or judge licensed to wed. Then a simple gathering. In some areas,some tribes has different wedding ceremonies too which lasted for 3 days of feasting and a lot more.

There are plenty of wedding traditions here in our country. There are many people who seem to like doing the traditions but its also nice to know that more and more people try to get away from it. I mean, change is good.