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2. Chinese pre-wedding customs - Wikipedia

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   Traditional bridal bed, early 20th century, Asia and Pacific Museum in Warsaw. The bride's parents may include the 嫁妝 gaa jòng (bride's dowry) (jiàzhuāng) along with the reciprocal gifts on the day of betrothal, or may present the bride's dowry separately a few days before the wedding ceremony. Chinese dowries typically include:

3. Jiaobeijiu - Wikipedia

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   Jiaobeijiu (Chinese: 交杯酒; lit. 'cross-cupped wine'), also known as Hejin (Chinese: 合卺; pinyin: héjǐn; lit. 'to join nuptial wine cup') in ancient times, is a traditional Chinese nuptial ceremonial rite where newlywed couples interlinking and crossing their arms to sip jiu (Chinese: 酒; lit. 'wine') from two separated cups to their future marital happiness, to promise their ...

4. Wedding customs by country - Wikipedia

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   It is the custom that the groom and his family pay for all the wedding expenses. The bride's family gather together before the wedding in the bride's parents house. The groom's family come and take the bride from the house in a decorated car along with the one bride's mate which usually is the bride's sister, cousin, or best friend.

5. Marriage and wedding customs in the Philippines - Wikipedia

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   The bride's attire is typically a custom-made white wedding gown and veil. [1] This is from the Anglo-American influence of dressing the woman in white on her wedding day. [2] A popular alternative is a white version of the Baro't saya, a form of national dress for Filipino women.

6. Marriage in Japan - Wikipedia

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   The bride and groom take three sips each from three cups of sake, a ritual called sansankudo (三三九度, literally "three cups thrice"). Japanese brides wear a kimono, which is either a shiromuku (白無垢, "pure white dress"), iro uchikake (色打掛, "colorful outer robe"), or kurobiki furisode (黒引き振袖), the black and patterned ...

7. Ukrainian wedding traditions - Wikipedia

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   Ukrainian wedding is the traditional marriage ceremony in Ukrainian culture, both in Ukraine and in the Ukrainian diaspora. The traditional Ukrainian wedding featured a rich assortment of folk music and singing, dancing, and visual art, with rituals dating back to the pre-Christian era. Over time, the ancient pagan traditions and symbols were ...