...Swedish and American Wedding Customs Marriage is a sacred word. The word marriage means the same thing in all walks of life. To be married means that a man and woman have pledged themselves to one another publically and before God. Each country has some form of marriage but the ceremony is different because of beliefs and cultures. For example, the Swedish culture has different wedding customs than the United States. First, there are many traditions that take place before the actual ceremony. Second, the ceremony has unique quirks that differ from the United States. Last, the reception is the one thing that is the most similar to the United States. Things have been the same for hundreds of years when it comes to marriage. The first thing that needs to happen is the choice of a husband or wife. In traditional days, marriage wasn’t all flowers and romance. The Swedish considered marriage to be the start of a family business. (Betrothal, Banns and Wedding) A Swedish girl could certainly choose her own husband as long as the family approved. He had to be of worth to the whole family. If her choice of a groom did not have an abundance of money, he at least had to have something to offer. For example, he should be a land owner or have some type of talent that could make money. (Betrothal, Banns and Wedding) There were several ways a man and woman would meet. The most common way was to get acquainted during various social events. In some parts of Sweden,...
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...You know I live in California, and you coming here just to meet me, I feel worried because we just started communicating and don't know too many important things about each other, so, I think is too soon for you come to the United States right now. Let me tell you some facts about me. I'm a dentist from Brasil but, as soon as I graduated, I came with my mother to the United States to try a new life over here; I arrived in Oregon because we have many Brazilian and Russian friends over there. I'm an American citizen because my father was an American, and I started working as a dental assistant, met my husband, and got married, but, didn't work. I moved to CA with my mother, started working as a dental assistant, tried to get my license here, but, because of many difficulties in my life, I never could get it; I got divorced, never had children, have many friends from a Brazilian church, and was living well. My mother passed away 5 years ago, and now I have my good friends here, some relatives on the others states, go to Brasil once a year to visit all my friends, family, and relatives, but, I can't live for good over there because what Brasil is passing...
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...other. Although, the wedding ceremony has the same meaning in every culture, the way of celebrating is different. An Indian marriage is entirely different from an American wedding. Indian wedding involves family members followed by the traditions, functions, customs while an American wedding is all about the bridal shower, bridal party, the veil, kissing the bride, the groom's cake and the honeymoon. Indian weddings begin by searching for a bride or groom by one of the other family members as part of the arranged marriage. Before the wedding date confirms, the family requests a priest to match the two horoscopes of the couple. Which, determines if their married life would be successful or not. However, in the U.S, arranged marriage is known as a backward thing to do and is very rare among most recent generations. The bride and groom choose their life partner and they have full rights to make a decision for marriage. Indian wedding takes at least three days for a wedding sangeet (a small family gathering with music and dance), mehndi (henna applied to the bride's hands and feet) and the wedding day. Whereas, American weddings do not take too much time. On the contrary, American wedding arrangements are completed by the wedding planners. But, in Indian wedding the homes of the bride and the groom are decorated two weeks prior to the wedding while in America homes is not an important part of marriage as they don’t celebrate at home. In an Indian wedding, the bride must wear...
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...Contrast Indian and American notions of marriage are to great extent different as in the former tradition , the wedding is viewed as a necessity whereas the latter suggests that the man and the woman are selected by deities and therefore their marriage is supported by nature and is a natural process itself as the symbols of both eternal beauty and prosperity .American wedding normally takes place in a church , where all guests gather . Here comes the best man , flower girls , exchanging vows and rings , and the wedding music . The wedding ceremony is conducted by the priest . He formally asks the invitees whether they have any objection for this marriage and getting the positive response from the invitees the priest asks the couple to exchange wedding rings and then the couple is marked as husband and wife . Furthermore , the priest and guests congratulate , embrace and kiss the just married . On the other hand modern Americans often wish to arrange an unforgettable wedding and invite the priest to a location of their choice , some of them even insist on underwater wedding . Nevertheless , the vast majority of Americans the traditional style and arrangement in the place of worship Indian wedding , conversely to American , usually takes place outdoors under a canopy called a mandap . The couple sits on carpets under the mandap , and the parties , invited by the couple , locate around this place . In addition , the priest , as opposed to American wedding asks neither the guest...
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...In the United States it is tradition to have a medium sized wedding attended by friends and family. Although there are also some couples who may choose to elope and have an extremely small wedding or the exact opposite and have a large extravagant wedding with a lot of guests. The main purpose of a wedding is that people share their vows for one another and have these close friends and family there as witnesses to it. The engagement usually starts after a time of dating, no real set time, and then the man asks for the woman’s hand in marriage. It is traditional for the man to get permission from the bride’s father. Following this there can be an engagement party, bridal showers, bachelor/bachelorette parties and then the wedding itself, followed by a reception for celebration and then a honeymoon. We see this typical pattern for weddings in most places in the United States. No matter what part of the world or culture someone is from no two wedding’s are alike and can vary greatly based on location. The thing which shapes my attitude about the different types of weddings is what I was exposed to and learned in life by experience seeing different one’s in real life and in the media. Although it can be tradition for a certain culture to get married a particular way, some people in all cultures go outside their norm for their wedding ceremony. It is not uncommon for couples to customize their wedding by picking and choosing which traditions they want to include or exclude based...
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...BR- 6450Addressing Business Problems with Research | Qualitative Research on Destination Weddings | Decision Criteria for youth in choosing destination weddings | | Devika Mathavan 218454 7/13/2014 | 13TABLE OF CONTENT | PAGE NO. | ACKNOWLEDGMENT | 3 | INTRODUCTION TO THE WEDDING WORLD | 4 | * WEDDING | 4 | * DESTINATION WEDDING: A GENERAL OVERVIEW | 4 | YOUNG GENERATION: VOW AND CONFRONT TO DESTINATION WEDDING | 5 | DESTINATION WEDDING STATISTICS, FIGURES & KEY TRENDS UP IN THE DESTINATIONS OF THE WEDDING WORLD | 6 | PERCEPTIONS: DESTINATION OR TRADITONAL LOCAL WEDDING | 11 | THE KEY CHALLENGES INVOLVED IN PLANNING A DESTINATION WEDDING | 13 | SWOT ANALYSIS: WHY DESTINATION WEDDINGS | 13 | TOP DESTINATIONS FOR DESTINATION WEDDINGS | 15 | DESTINATION WEDDING: SURVEY QUESTIONNAIRE | 17 | DATA COLLECTIONS: RESPONSE AND OBSERVATION ANALYSIS | 21 | CONCLUSION: YOUNG GENERATION’S PERCEPTION TO DESTINATION WEDDING | 39 | BIBLIOGRAPHY | 40 | Acknowledgement I would like to express my sincere gratitude to my professor Thomas Schoenfeldt for the valuable comments; remarks and complete engagement through the learning process of this subject Addressing Business Research with Problems and for narrowing down the topic for this master thesis. Also, I like to thank the participants in my survey and providing me the valuable opportunity to unbiased answers. I would like to thank my loved ones and colleagues, who have supported...
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...Brittany Durrance HFT 1000 2/19/2012 I. Becoming a Wedding Planner A. Intro (Rubric #2) 1. History of weddings 2. More than 2 million weddings in U.s in 2008 (last recorded) (Wickford) 3. $59 billion spent 4. More than half used a wedding consultant which brought $1.2 million into the wedding planning industry. 5. Annual income: $40,000-$90,000 (Denmark) a. Depends on if part/full time and how many weddings done in a year B. Thesis statement (Rubric #2) This research paper will be exploring the wedding planning industry and the complexities of wedding planning. It will explain the parts of wedding planning and steps needed to take to create a unique wedding. Also, the skills and certifications that a wedding planner should obtain will be discussed along with organizations one should belong to. There are many websites, books, and interviews that will be utilized to help obtain more information for this paper. Finally, background information as to why this profession was chosen will be mentioned in a self-analysis, conducted to ascertain where further development is needed. C. Parts to plan (Rubric # 4): 1. Venues- site tours 2. Vendors- pricing, availability 3. Décor/Design- color schemes, theme 4. Set up- tables, decorations 5. Cues- bridal party, toasts, eating 6. Time line- when to order dress, bridesmaid attire, floral, invitations, etc. D. Skills (Rubric #6) 1. Calm- work under pressure and in time...
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...is the question that has to be answered before you delve farther in. Marriage is the union of two people planning to spend the rest of their lives together. Around seventy percent of people marry at some point in their life. Most weddings include some kind of weddings vows that are said to one another, the presentation of a gift, and the proclamation of the marriage by an authority figure or leader (Wikipedia, 1). No culture does a wedding exactly the same as another. There is no such thing as the same ole wedding, because not two wedding are the same. The social construction that a culture puts on people deems what their wedding will be like. Weddings in the same area, under the same culture norms, are very similar, but an American wedding and a Middle Eastern wedding are two totally different experiences. This is not because that is the way we want it, but because it is what we know as right. We are taught all these customs as children, and they are burned into our brains. People are spoon fed information on how to live their lives since they were conceived. Some rituals of weddings in the past are shown to be largely the same as weddings today. “Ancient Spartan cultures held stag parties, which are feasts usually held the night before the wedding for the groom and all his friends, symbolizing the goodbye...
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...cultures did at their wedding ceremonies? Our traditional wedding ceremonies may be the “norm” to us but what is everyone else’s like? Something old, something new, something borrowed and something blue may not be for everyone. In my research paper I will be finding three different cultural wedding styles and explaining them to you. I will compare the different wedding practices to ours. I will explain why it is important for different cultures to have their own wedding practices. Lastly I will close in how important marriage is to every culture. We all are pretty familiar with our traditional wedding ceremonies in the United States but I have been curious of the wedding ceremonies that have been going on around the world. I am here to research and take a deeper look into them. The first one I found very interesting is from China. “In modern China, brides pick not one wedding dress, but three. First, there's the traditional qipao or cheongsam, an embroidered, slim-fitting frock that's usually made red for weddings, because red is a strong, lucky color in Chinese culture. Next, the bride might swap into a white poufed ball gown that wouldn't look out of place at an American wedding — a bridal nod to the popularity of Western trends. Finally, the bride ducks out of the reception to change into a third dress, this one a gown of her color choice or a cocktail dress.”(Pappas, 2011, para. 1). The second one I found is in Africa. “Traditional Zulu weddings are marked by vibrant...
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...Hosp 590 Keller Graduate School of Management October 20, 2013 Introduction The event that will be planned will be the wedding between Jenna and Rob. This wedding is themed “A midnight walk in the park” and offers a variety of different activities and amenities for guests. The event will occur at a major Chicagoland hotel with a centralized location to airports, shopping and other tourist activities. One notable impacting factor to the event is the demographic of guests. The bride’s family contributes to over half of the attendees. The bride’s parents have also been divorced for over fifteen years with lots of tension between the families. It will be critical when planning the event that components are added into the wedding plans to help prevent conflict and reduce the risk associated with guests not being able to attend a joint event together. Planning to match the selected theme and carry tones of the theme through all elements of the event will lead to events success and ensure that the happy couple and other guests are attend a wedding to remember. Stakeholders The wedding between Rob and Jenna has a variety of different stakeholders with many different goals and objectives. The first set of stakeholders includes the bride and groom, Jenna and Rob. The happy couple have the goals to have a successful event day, memorable wedding with each guest feeling as though they have escaped the Chicagoland area for an evening and entered a park at midnight. The...
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...Rites of passage are present in all cultures and religions throughout history. In these rites of passage, gifts play an important role both in marking the transformation and in reinforcing the relationship between the giver and the receiver of the gift. One particularly important rite of passage that is present in most cultures is that of marriage. Each culture has their own traditions surrounding weddings and while in modern day America many different traditions from cultures around the world are practiced and considered very important in today’s society. In this paper we will examine the similarities and differences between Somali-American wedding traditions and those of European-Americans, along with the religious and cultural traditions they've discarded or lessened in practice to fit into the always changing American lifestyle. In a traditional Somali-American wedding, religion plays a huge role from the very beginning of the relationship, when a man courts the woman all the way to the final stage of tying of the knot. Since 99% of Somalis are sunni-muslims, the religion that governs this marriage process is Islam. When a man is interested in marrying a woman he must first consult with his elders, then, the man must next talk to the woman’s parents and elders. The woman’s elders then make a decision based upon how well they know the man’s elders, and the if they find the man and his family to be a suitable match. How fit a man is, is not only determined by his actions but...
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...island nation located in East Asia. This nation is governed in a democratic parliamentary style. It has a population just over 127 million that is remaining steady. Most Japanese citizens practice Shintoism and Buddhism as religions and speak the primary language Japanese. The inhabitants of Japan are generally thin since the obesity rate is extremely low estimated at three percent. The rate of people living with HIV/AIDS is estimated at 8,100 out of the entire population. On the contrary, the literacy rate is extremely high at ninety-nine percent. Based on statistical information and facts in history, the Japanese culture differs in many ways from the American culture in the United States. Sex education, pre-marital sexual activity, and marriage and family draw the line between sexuality in the Japanese and American cultures. Marriage and Family Marriage is considered to be a wonderful and sacred union between a man and a woman. After this union, the husband and wife would have children and create a family. As...
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...Cultural Marriages Cultural Marriages Kenny Lyday March 9th, 2013 EG351 Week 11 Project part 2 Dr. Dunn 11162824 The institution of marriage carries various social implications that determine quality of life depending upon the social construct of the couple. Learning to form bonds with others begins at a very young age, and in so doing, forms many of the decisions that adults have in weddings and ceremonies. Along with the bond, mate selection, cultural similarities and social attitudes help construct the institution of marriage. Ideas into the process of marriage and types of ceremonies shape the establishment of the joining of individuals. Being with the right person, determining if family and friends would be accepting of the choice made, and cultural similarities that can affect child rearing are a few questions that can be generated when the union of two individuals join together to solidify their bond into matrimony. In essence, typical marriages deal with the course of two individuals who gain emotional ties that become strong enough to believe that to complete the final choice in true commitment is to undergo the process of making an outward proclamation of togetherness. Many view this sort of ceremony to be sacred, and in fact, include various religious infusions that in many cases are culturally influenced. Primary decisions that influence marriage do not always include the idea of love, or even emotional bonds. The idea of being loneliness, feeling...
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...Being that the eleventh anniversary of the monumental date in American History, September 11, 2011, is upon us, I felt it would be fitting to discuss a song dedicated to the United States military. The song I chose is by Carrie Underwood, the title is Just a Dream. This song is not only moving for the United States military and their families; I feel that anyone can relate to these lyrics. I think this way because that dreadful day affected all of us as a nation. I love this song because the way she organized the lyrics is incredible; she begins the song with a mood and as the song progresses, the mood takes a dramatic turn. The song begins by starting with a cheerful and happy mood, and when the stage is set the mood changes to dark and depressing. The second line of the song is “all dressed in white, going to the church that night”. By these few words alone, one can clearly tell that she seems to be awaiting the walk down the aisle for her wedding. She explains that she is getting ready for her wedding, and she is marrying her fiancé that is in the United States military. Just a few lines later, it is revealed that she is not going to her wedding; she is going to her fiancé’s funeral. Her fiancé had been killed in combat, and she just can’t believe he is gone. This is where the title “Just a Dream” comes from, she wanted to be his forever and now that is now possible. Even more so than the song itself, the music video for Carrie Underwood’s “Just a Dream” is even more moving...
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...Current Event Article BUSN 576 September 29, 2012 The article I selected was regarding marriage rates among the poor and the fact that they have declined since the 1960s. It discussed if other incentives and alternatives decisions were made and then more couples marry would this reduce poverty. According to research at Johns Hopkins University only 70-75% of African American women expects to get married whereas 91% of Caucasian women in a lifetime. The most cited reason for delaying marriage by women is that it is not affordable which leads to declining of marriage and increase in poverty. According to George Mason University most couples come out ahead after marriage simply by cutting the total house expense such as one home, one insurance, one grocery list all because it is a combined effort and the couple’s income naturally increases. Education, experience, and sometime race account hugely when it comes to earnings. Basically, it is said that married men earn 40% more than single but on the other hand married women can earn approximately 10% less than a single women. Hence the reason why the marriage rates dwindle among the poor simply because of not having the ability to reach the high standards of quality living, financial stability and simply going by what is to be expected be in place for a single person’s life prior to marriage. According to the Center for Research on Child Well-Being at Princeton University a Fragile Families Survey indicated unmarried...
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