In the past few months Russ and I have had the opportunity to attend two different weddings of fellow Marines. Both Marines married Korean women but the ceremonies were very different. The first ceremony was a traditional Korean ceremony. I am still collecting some pictures from that event so I will post pictures of it later. The second wedding was a mixture of American traditions and Korean traditions. Koreans like things a little more flashy than many Americans do. It was fun to see the two cultures mixed.
The groom asked a few Marines, including Russ, to be a sword detail for him. Therefore Russ wore his dress blues to event. It is always a good day for me when I get to see Russ in his dress blues. :)
Often Korean wedding are held in wedding halls. These are "one-stop-shops" for weddings. They do the pictures in different settings (many times Koreans get their wedding pictures taken a few days before the wedding-in my opinion that seems like a major pain to have to get dressed up 2 times), they will plan the ceremony, help with the preparations, details and decorations and host the reception. I can't imagine how much it costs to have all of this done but it does seem much eaiser to have everything done in one building.
One of the major differences in Korean and American weddings is that you sit at tables during a Korean wedding. Often you will even eat during the ceremony but at this wedding we just watched and ate afterwards upstairs at the wedding hall.
The bride and groom walked down a lit up aisle. I so badly wanted to pretend I was in a fashion show and do my runway walk.
I don't know about every Korean wedding but at this wedding the bride and groom did not have anyone else stand up with them and they faced the audience during the ceremony, which was entirely in Korean.
It was a very quick and simple wedding. I didn't really understand any of it, so I can't tell you much of what was said. The bride and groom bowed to each of their parents and they did say their vows to each other in English.
The sword detail was very cool.
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| Russ is the first one closest to the elevator doors in this picture. |
During the reception the bride changed into another dress and they both moved around visiting their guests.
The cake-I have no idea what the red and blue birthday looking candles signify.
A few last pictures before Russ changed out of his uniform.
We don't get many opportunities to attend weddings anymore and we both had a great time at this wedding.
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