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    education‚ matching cultures‚ close parental cities‚ matching religions‚ and matching vegetarians/non-vegetarians just to name a few. Potential bride-grooms come under close scrutiny for several areas of the matching process. Do they have enough means to support the bride? Do they appear to be men who will make good husbands and fathers? Often‚ the bride will live with her in-laws after marriage in what is called a joint family. Because of this‚ the groom’s family is also brought under close scrutiny

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    Kenya Chappell Professor Emily Dean Anthropology 1010 Nov 3rd‚ 2012 Ethnographic Comparison For this paper I chose along with the ethnography of !Nisa‚ to write about the Family‚ Marriage and Kinship ties of Indian culture specifically of the village of Ratakote as told in Conformity and Conflict. The first thing I noticed about both cultures was they practiced arranged marriages with their children preferably being young (the Indians explained that young age was best so their children wouldn’t

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    accompanies the bride parade to groom’s home. Similar music is also played at the wedding banquet. Depending on the region that the bride hails from‚ Chinese weddings will have different traditions such as Tea Ceremony or the use of a wedding emcee. In most southern Chinese wedding‚ the bride price is based on the groom’s economic status. The idea of "selling the daughter" or bride isn’t a phrase that is used often therefore the price of the bride isn’t too demanding. Most of the time the bride price is

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    parents will send cakes to kinsman and friends‚ tell them when their daughter’s wedding start. The bride’s parents and groom’s parents will go to cloth shops choose wedding dress. Some families will ask a tailor to make a couple red clothes for the bride and groom‚ which serve as a wedding

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    The Lady Or The Tiger? In the very olden time there lived a semi-barbaric king‚ whose ideas‚ though somewhat polished and sharpened by the progressiveness of distant Latin neighbors‚ were still large‚ florid‚ and untrammeled‚ as became the half of him which was barbaric. He was a man of exuberant fancy‚ and‚ withal‚ of an authority so irresistible that‚ at his will‚ he turned his varied fancies into facts. He was greatly given to self-communing‚ and‚ when he and himself agreed upon anything‚

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    themselves holy‚ and set apart from the world. The first step in an ancient Jewish wedding ceremony began with the father of a bridegroom choosing a bride for his son. However‚ the father of an ancient Jewish bridegroom could have also sent a representative to secure a bride for his son. We see this occur when Abraham sent his servant‚ Eliezer‚ to secure a bride for his son‚ Isaac‚ in Genesis 24. In Genesis 24:58‚ Rebekah consented to marry Isaac before she ever met him. Rebekah represents a form of church

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    wedding had two receptions in two different places‚ one in Taiping and another in Kuala Lumpur‚ Malaysia. This marriage was traditionally done every step of the way. The marriage and betrothals were made a year ago by both bride and bridegroom. During the engagement‚ the bride and groom exchanged rings as symbol that they have tied a knot together. I could see the look on my cousin’s face that day‚ something that I cannot describe in words. She was grinning from ear to ear and I could tell she was

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    Chinese wedding ceremony :  TRADITIONS OF Chinese wedding ceremony The wedding ceremony :  The wedding ceremony A formal Chinese wedding requires the bridegroom to pick up the bride at the bride’s home after respectfully greeted the parents-in-law to be. The couple-to-be will then go to the bridegroom’s home‚ where the bride will greet her parents-in-law to be‚ or to the banquet location. If they choose to go to the bridegroom’s home‚ the young couple will have to greet the parents-in-law to be with

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    only for the bride * It is tradition to wear caftan which is a gown made of beautiful bold colors and embroider with beads and gold threads * All the women gather in a room to dress the bride to be * Strong family men carry bride to be on a thorn like chair * In front of the thorn are belly dancers and relatives holding light candles * It is all very gaudy and fun * The men are preparing the groom in a similar manner * The woman are clapping when bride comes out

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    used one of most ancient art of drawing a picture of their wedding with a commissioned artist. But only those who could afford to pay could access such a luxury. Here in this picture an 18th century Bundhela wedding is depicted. 18th century - The bride and groom are holding garlands in their hands and the rest of the family

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