Korean wedding

Last week, I got an invite to a Korean wedding. It was my co-teacher's sisters. I had never met her but she was kind enough to send me an invite saying she had heard a lot about me and she wanted to become friends after her honeymoon. This is the invitation ------->

So cute right!!






The wedding was in the Gangnam area at a really nice wedding hall. It was so busy. There must of been 100-200 people there!! There was a small room to the right called the bridal room. Here the bride sits in a chair while people have pictures with her. There were also picture cards that you sign.

In Korean weddings, you don't give gifts but money. The basic amount is 30,000won to 100,000won, for a close friend. I actually like this idea better as I remember my mum ended up with 5 wine glass sets from her wedding haha.

The main room is pure white with flowers down the middle with normal seats and circle tables surrounded by chairs.

First the lights went out and the brides and  grooms mums walked down the aisle and bowed to each other.

Next, the groom walked down the aisle to loud cheering. Finally, the bride walked down with her father. They both read their vows to each other, then some guy gave a 5 minute speech. Finally the groom n bride bowed to each set of parents. That was my favourite bit. The brides father look proud and the grooms mum hugged the bride.

Then the groom sang to the bride. This was followed by a funny dance by 4 of the brides friends. Next was photo time. First family, then friends. You could see all this happening on two giant TVs

We all went upstairs after to eat. The food kept getting re-filled when the plates were empty. And the food was so delicious!!! Yum!!

The whole wedding including eating took only 2 hours! Shocking right? haha