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Korean/American Wedding

morrjennymorrjenny
in Interfaith Weddings
Hi-
My boyfriend (soon fiance) is Korean and I am American.  We would really like to incorporate some traditial Korean aspects into the ceremony, particularly to honor his parents.  Has anyone dealt with this before or have any suggestions?
Thanks!
Jenny
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Re: Korean/American Wedding

  • LadySupernovaLadySupernova
    10 Comments
    edited December 2011
    I'm dealing with the same thing, only my Fiancee is Korean/Chinese and I'm American. As the wedding day approaches, I'd suggest asking his mother and father about what they did when they were married and what they would like to see in the wedding. I know the wedding should be about you, but to make things a bit more welcoming, include some of the things they like in there if you want.
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  • cj5phishcj5phish member
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    edited December 2011
    I am getting married in 4 weeks and my fiance is Korean and I am American. I spoke with his parents and we found a solution. I borrowed a traditional korean wedding dress from my sister-in-law and I am going to wear it for the cake cutting ceremony. The grooms cake will have the traditional korean couple for the cake topper so it will fit perfect. We plan on taking multiple pictures with his family at this time. We are cutting the cake after we eat the salad before the dinner so everyone won't have to wait and watch all the pictures going on. Maybe this would work for either of you. It is very respectful for you to ask your fiance's parents how they would like to incorporate that into your wedding. You will def. get bonus points. Talk with them and also bring suggestions. :) Good luck and congrats!!Laughing
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  • medwards531medwards531
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    edited December 2011
    Just make sure you get out of them exactly what they expect.
    My fiance is Korean, my family is british. We said, to both sides, that we are taking in to consideration all expectations and want to incorporate tradtions. But it's our wedding and final say is ours. Both sets of parents agreed. We are incorporating the traditional Korean ceremony after our actual ceremony. We just got told that's not good enough and the officiant we chose to marry us isnt what they want, yet we love her and she's exactly what we want.
    We are funding this wedding ourselves and including our families in our ideas and in the ceremony (sibilings in bridal party). This came totally out of left field especially when we thought the korean aspect was most important not who performed the wedding service.
    So that's my advice, if you offer to include tradtion, get everything they expect on the table, then no surprises :S

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