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Two Weddings in One Day
Weddings are celebrated in every culture around the world. As each culture is unique in their own way, so is the celebration of ceremonial weddings. In Korea, wedding receptions are particularly a grand event because two ceremonies are held on the same day. The first reception is the most commonly known celebration where the groom is dressed in a black tux, whereas a white dress is worn by the bride. The following reception is the Korean custom wedding, it is truly an exuberant event, both the bride and groom are dressed in flamboyant clothing articles and an interesting wedding program, Peh Bek is held.
Korea's second wedding reception is called Peh Bek. The invited guests are the bride's parents-in-law and the grooms' relatives. The bride's side of the family are not included in this part of ceremony, because the process of Peh Bek symbolizes the bride leaving her imitate family and joining a new family. The absence of the bride's family may seem a bit upsetting for the bride, but actually it's a joyous celebration where parents and relatives offer marriage advice, blessings, and gifts for the newlyweds.
The bride wears a custom two piece dress, Wonsam or also called Hwalot. The top is called a chorgori (short jacket with extended sleeves). Two long fabrics which are three fingers in width are attached in the center of a chorgori and tied somewhat having a shape of a bow, except the tails of the fabrics are placed to fall on one side, rather having it extended on both ends. The chogori is usually a vibrant red with thick vertical stripes of various colors imprinted on the sleeves. The second piece is a dress that elongates to the toe; this piece is called the chima. It is made from the same silk fabric and has flamboyant flower patterns.
The groom's attire consists of two pieces. First, the top is called a chigori (jacket).It has loose sleeves which extends to mid finger length. The chigori is usually dark blue with flower patterns that makes it elegant and not too feminine in order for it to suitable for the groom. The second piece, Paji (trousers) is also blue and a loose fitted style.
To201003252From Hannah Assignment __Week 4
ReplyDelete1. What I like about this piece of writing is that you described the event very well. It is very specific that I was able to understand with no difficulty. And because it is described specifically, it makes me feel that your writing is professional and reliable. In addition , I was able to think once again about our wedding ceremony and I found it very interesting, although I did not realize before. It was a great chance to see this ceremony with new eyes.
2. To talk about your main point, yours seems to be the Korean wedding ceremony, especially the second part- pae beck. There are specific ways and steps of this ceremony and I can also know the feelings of each part of family’s (groom and bride) feeling in this event.
3. These particular words or lines struck me as powerful:
1) The bride wears a custom two piece dress, The groom's attire consists of two pieces. => I liked the way you present the idea you wanted to say. I think this method is fairly new and fresh. You did not state ‘first’, ‘second’ at the front part of the each paragraph. The way you divided the paragraph was by the two different clothes- clothes for bride and groom.
2) Most of all, perhaps it is more significant because two receptions are held all on the same day, a mixture of western culture wedding and traditional wedding. => I like this sentence because it shows your feeling toward Korea. You seem to love your own culture and cherish the tradition. However, presenting this emotion, you did not say that the western wedding style is a bit worse than Korean’s. This is really good, in my perspective, because it is not a stereotype of writing. Many people tend to always ‘compare’ something to complete their writing.
4. The one change you could make that would make the biggest improvement in this piece of writing is, in my point of view, adding an explanation about the history of our wedding tradition. At first, of course, there was not western style. However, from a certain period of time, western and Korean styles of wedding have been mixed. And I am very curious about the background situation about this change.