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FH is Korean - Need help with Korean ideas for wedding!!

ljdempseyljdempsey
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Hello!
My FH is Korean (I met him in Korea while I lived there for two years) and I would love to honor the Korean culture in my wedding reception because it means so much to both of us. We will be flying over to Korea to have a more traditional Korean wedding after our wedding here but I need help with some ideas to incorporate the culture into decor, etc. I am planning on wearing a Hanbok at some point throughout the night, we are using paper cranes as escort cards/name tag holders, I have my wooden Korean dolls that I will dress up the guest book table or head table with, our late night snacks are going to be catered by a local Korean restaurant, for part of the favors we're giving our guests nice black chopsticks, and I plan on getting up to say a few sentences in Hangul (Korean) to his parents/family who fly over for the wedding. Do you girls have any other ideas that I can incorporate into the wedding??
Thanks :)
-Lo
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Re: FH is Korean - Need help with Korean ideas for wedding!!

  • sparent2010sparent2010 member
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    edited December 2011
    Check with your FH on what his family enjoys eating it can be something as simple as kimbap, kimchee, bulgogi etc and see if you can work it out with catering. For my sisters wedding we bought small handheld Korean fans (she was married outdoors in August... very hot!) for each of the guest (about 1.75 a piece).

    You can offer chopsticks for all the guests as well.... I use chopsticks for everything from fried chicken to bimibap.

    For my wedding we are buying chinese flying laterns and lighting them at night... this is chinese laterns idk if they use them in Korea but the effect is really cool
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  • ljdempseyljdempsey
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    edited December 2011
    Sparent2010, thanks for the suggestions. I do plan on giving out chopsticks, and fans are a good idea too (although our wedding is in September, so I may order a few for decor). I love the idea of lanterns... will have to co-ordinate with the venue when it comes to that though. Thanks!
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  • pearl681pearl681 member
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    edited December 2011
    Please understand there are extremely strong feelings against fusing asian elements in a wedding. Even while Korean individuals may have Chinese or Japanese friends,  Koreans, in general, hold a strong resentment against the Chinese and the Japanese due to the MANY years of oppression from both countries.  The idea of including Chinese lanterns as decor IS beautiful, but you may need to decide whether you will unintentionally offend your FPIL or "shame" them (in having a FDIL who "doesn't know better") before incorporating other Asian elements. 

    I think the things you've chosen are just fine but if you were to add anything else, ask your FH to create a short list of Korean songs to play at the reception.  If you were to include some songs that your FPIL enjoyed listening to as well, that would be bonus!

    I'm sure your FPIL would love to help you come up with ideas and try asking some of your FH's Korean friends (if he has any).
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  • pearl681pearl681 member
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    edited December 2011

    Wedding favors~ Korean style?


    message board has a lot of good ideas and links to different sites for ideas~
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  • ChobotChobot member
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    edited December 2011
    I want to agree with you, the lanterns may be pushing it culturally.  Can I suggest bringing wooden ducks that are supposed to be presented at the ceremony, perhaps a big box of fruit when you meet an elder (Pears, mangoes, or figs) , the chestnut ceremony is pretty cool (Where you and your hubby catch chestnuts thrown in the air and how many you catch on a piece of cloth= # of kids) . I say bringing food always makes koreans happy. AHHA
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  • mylovehkmylovehk
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    edited December 2011
     


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  • jopaeckjopaeck member
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    edited December 2011
    These envelopes are beautiful. Where did you purchase them?
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  • allipark123allipark123 member
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    edited December 2011
    I recently just got married (I'm korean and hubby is Vietnamese).  We incorporated both cultures into our reception - I wore both traditional dresses (Hanbok and Ao Dai).  For our wedding favors, I used korean silk pouches-see link below on ebay- and placed (hand-made korean wedding couple refrigerator) magnets inside as gifts.  For the wedding cake "topper" we used (wooden bobble-head) korean wedding dolls.


    http://www.ebay.com/itm/60x-Korean-Silk-Bag-Pouch-red-4-x6-cute-wedding-charm-gift-Bokjumeoni-/230697030298?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item35b69d529a
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  • najordan89najordan89
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    My fiance's Korean aunt and uncle purchased traditional Korean wedding ducks (wooden) as a gift. We plan to place this on the same table as our cake. That could be incoporated. Because my fiance and I are both half-Korean, we (or rather I) requested that the Koreans coming to the wedding would wear hanboks.
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