I want to explain in my story the differences between weddings in my country and weddings in
My wife has been a bride’s maid at two friends’ weddings, since I came to
So, we went together and, I saw a big difference between customs in our two countries.
Let me tell you about our weddings in
On Friday, at noon, we go to the Orthodox Church for the ceremony.
The ceremony takes about one hour, and then all the friends and relatives go together to take photos.
We have a memorial for people who died in the Second World War and sometime during the wedding celebrations we put flowers there.
After three or four hours of taking pictures, we go to the groom’s parents’ house or to a restaurant.
There are many different kinds of food and alcohol. We have so much food on the tables that we must stack plates of food on top of other plates of food.
Dinner time is without limit, plus dancing.
The reception starts the next day, around five or six PM and ends the next morning.
In
They are like a third set of parents called (Nash). The Americans call them sponsors, because they help guide you through your marriage plus they give you some money. The nash also invites their own guests to the wedding.
The sponsors and one young couple stand next to the groom and bride at a table to welcome the guests with music, sweets and alcohol.
The music is live!
From the moment that the first guests get there until everyone arrives, all the guests are dancing!
From nine to ten in the evening is the first meal. The tables are full with food, even more than the day before!
Most of the time, we have one person who manages all programs during the ceremony. This person runs the entertainment.
While we are eating we play different games. After that, we all dance again.
At midnight we start the second meal and the sponsors give a speech for the new couple. They wish them happiness, health, many years of love. After they give their speech they give a sum of money to the couple. Then, the microphone is passed to every guest and every guest gives a small speech and then puts a sum of money in a basket for the couple.
The bride and groom thank everyone for the gifts and start dancing again.
Before the night is over the wedding cake comes out and we do a traditional ritual called “undressing of the bride.” Basically, the bride’s veil is taken off and a head scarf and apron is put on her. She is now a wife. After that, she sits on her new husband’s lap and family members wrap them in linens (sheets, towels, blankets). Perfume is sprayed on the couple and they are ready to go and start their life together.
Usually the wedding ends when the sun comes up around 7 a.m.
Everyone goes home to sleep a few hours and then everyone who wants to, goes to the house of the bride and eats chicken soup.
After three days ( and lots of food, drinking and dancing) it is all over!
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I want to explain in my story the differences between weddings in my country and weddings in America.
My wife was a bride’s maid at two friends’ weddings, since I came to America.
So, we went together, and after that, I saw a big difference between them.
I will tell you about our weddings in Moldova.
We go on Friday at noon to the Church for the ceremony.
The ceremony is about one hour, and then all friends and relatives go to take photos.
We have a memorial for people who died in the war, and we put flowers there.
After three or four hours of taking pictures, we go to the groom’s parent’s house or to a restaurant.
There are many different kinds of food and alcohol. We have so much food on the tables that we must stack plates of food on top of other plates of food.
Dinner time is without limit, plus dancing.
The reception starts the next day, around five or six PM and ends the next morning.
In Moldova, we need a new family to be our support in life it is an old tradition.
They are like a third set of parents called (Nash). The Americans called them sponsors, because they help guide you through your marriage plus they give you some money. The nash also invites their own guests to the wedding.
The sponsors and one young couple stand next to the groom and bride at a table to welcome the guests with music, sweets and alcohol.
The music is live!
From this time until everyone arrives, all the guests are dancing!
From nine to ten is the first meal. The tables are full with food, even more than the day before!
Most of the time, we have one person who manages all programs during the ceremony. This person runs the entertainment.
While we are eating we play different games. After that, we all dance again.
At midnight we start the second meal and the sponsors give a speech for the new couple. They wish you happiness, health, many years and love. After they give their speech they give a sum of money to the couple. Then, the microphone is passed to the every guest and every guest gives a small speech and then puts a sum of money in a basket for the couple..
We thank everyone for the gifts and start dancing again.
Before the night is over the cake comes out and we do a traditional ritual called undressing of the bride. Basically, the bride’s vale is taken off and a head scarf and apron is put on her. She is now a wife. After that, she sits on her new husbands lap and family members wrap them in linens (sheets, towels, blankets). Perfume is sprayed on the couple and they are ready to go and start their life together.
Usually the wedding ends when the sun is up around 7am.
Everyone goes home to sleep a few hours and then everyone who wants to, goes to the house of the bride and eats chicken soup.
After three days it is all over!
Lots of food, drinking and dancing.
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