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INTRODUCTION
4_TraditionaLcerenioni.es
5 The reception
6 Money
7 Tw o weddings
8 Destination weddings
9 Wonderful weddings
GLOSSARY
a c t iv it ie s : Before Reading
a c t iv it ie s : W hile Reading
a c t iv it ie s : After Reading
A Roman wedding
Many brides wear a veil. This goes over the bride’s head
and face, and is often white. In some African countries, the
bride has a ‘v e il’ o f hair over her face. Brides in India and
China often wear a red veil. In a western wedding, after the
bride and groom are married, the groom takes the veil o ff the
bride’s face.
A H a w aiian b rid e and groom
Often before the bride leaves the reception, she throws her
wonderful flowers to all the other young women at the party.
When one woman gets the bouquet in her hands, she is going
to be the next bride, people say.
6 Money
And it was a happy day for 101 couples without very much
money in Lucknow. Mr Roy paid for a big wedding for them,
and gave them wedding presents o f beds, TVs, and gold
rings. He gave food to 140,000 people in different parts o f
India too.
‘The colours for our wedding were dark blue and gold,’
said Kendra. ‘So the bridesmaids w ore dark blue dresses, and
the groomsmen all had dark blue shirts. I w ore a long white
dress and carried white and gold flowers.
‘Eri w ore a traditional white kimono, and she had red and
yellow flowers in her hair. I wore a long black kimono. Our
families came to the ceremony and some o f them wore
kimonos too. Most people wore black that day - it’s
traditional. In the evening, we had a big dinner with
everybody from our two families.’
¥ When the bride comes from one country, and the groom
from a different one, sometimes it is easier to have the
wedding in a third country.
‘On the day o f the wedding, lots o f our friends came and
made the food too,’ said Sara. ‘W e had Mexican food and
drinks. And w e didn’t have a traditional white wedding cake
- w e had six small cakes - all different! W e bought them
from a shop.’