VIETNAMESE

WEDDING
CEREMONY

Group 1
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!!!