VIETNAMESE WEDDING CEREMONY

Ruan Ying Jun

Preparation

See the fortune-teller to ask for the good day, right time

Wedding album for the couple Prepare the wedding gifts Book the restaurant

Meaning of the Gifts Respect & Connection between two

families

Meaning of the Gifts

Betal & Areca : the couple will have a lot of babies

Fruits : the marriage life will be colorful, sweet and fresh

Meaning of the Gifts

Cakes ( give the neighbors ) Tea & Wines (tell the Ancestors about the

wedding) Money

Meaning of the Gifts Chicken & Sticky Rice : the couple will be

connected and stick to each other A roast piglet Candles : keep the marriage life warm,

passionate

The Ceremony ( at the Bride’s home) The groom’s family go with the gifts, ask

for the wedding The bride’s family respond, the groom go

pick the bride to send greeting to everyone

The Ceremony ( at the Bride’s home) The couple light on the candles, incense The bride’s family give her advices and the

dowry

The Ceremony ( at the Groom’s home) Introduction The groom’s family give the gifts for the

bride Show the bride’s family the room of the

new couple

Superstitious

Bride’s Mother will not escort her The bride won’t look back The wedding bed will be prepared by one

from the Groom’s family who has a happy marriage life, has at least 2 kids ( 1 boy, 1 girl)

The End!!!