A Traditional Thai Wedding
A Traditional Thai Wedding
People around the world have many different kinds of wedding due to the differences in their religions and cultures. Since most Thai people are the Buddhists, the traditional Thai wedding is mainly related to Buddhism. However, it is also blended with Thai culture and Thai peoples ways of life. Traditional Thai wedding can be organized in various ways depending on the local peoples beliefs. In this essay I will describe some details of the general traditional Thai wedding.
First of all, the man who is going to be the groom and his parents or his respected elders must go to the brides house and ask the brides parents for permissions to marry their daughter. Then they will make a deal of how much money the groom has to give to the bride on their wedding day. After that they will go to a monk to ask for an appropriate wedding date. And when the date is arranged, the wedding will be prepared by the parents and relatives of both sides.
On the morning of the wedding day,
a procession of the groom and the relatives will bring the money, gifts, and food from the grooms house to the brides. They will play music and sing along though out the procession. Before the groom can get to the brides house, he has to cross two gates formed by the relatives of the bride called “Silver Gate” and “Gold Gate”. The gates are on the way from the grooms house to the brides. In order to open the gates, the groom must give away gifts or money to the people at the gates.
During the wedding ceremony, the bride will dress in a traditional Thai dress which made of silks and the groom will wear a white Thai suit. At the beginning, the groom will give the money to the brides parents. After that both the groom and the bride will pay respects to each others parents and the parents may give some money or gifts