Last weekend, I attended my first Korean wedding. They are a little bit different than American weddings. Before the wedding, the bride is taking pictures with her friends in a side room. My friend, a former teacher, even had me come take a photo with her. We can't communicate too well because she speaks only a little English and my Korean is still terrible. I did meet her husband for lunch a few months ago, so since I knew them both they invited me. It was kind of unusual because all of the other teachers that attended were women and they kept asking me how I got invited.
As for the wedding, it was in a wedding hall, which is very popular in Korea. The wedding started with the mothers being escorted down the aisle and having them light two candles. Then, groom walks down, and finally the bride. She wore a white wedding dress. Someone gives a message (in Korean), then they had some special wedding singers, friends of the couple. After, the groom read a message to his bride and next played a song on guitar with two other guitarists. The bride and groom are pronounced married (I guess) and they walk down the aisle. Afterwards, they take group pictures with parents, family, extended family, and finally, friends. So, I was in a group picture with about 80 other people.
For dinner, this wedding was a buffet. They served all kinds of different Korean food, but no wedding cake. It was nice to go and see the wedding because the teacher taught at my first teaching location (Sinchon) and I hadn't seen many of the teachers for a few months. All of this finished in about 2 hours, so Korean weddings are notorious for being over in a short amount of time.
P.S. Congratulations to my sister and brother-in-law for making me an uncle for the second time. Sorry that I can come visit any time soon, Congratulations anyway.
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