Sandra asks…
What happens in a korean traditional wedding?
I'm a white female and I am getting married to a korean man. I was wondering what will be involved in a korean traditional wedding, before and after on my side and his side.
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Wedding Attire For over 2,000 years, the traditional Korean costume, the Hanbok, has been worn by men, women and children. Originally, the Hanbok was made out of white cotton, silk or a scratchy coarse fabric called hemp. Today Koreans wear Hanboks in many colors and types of fabrics. The Bride's Attire The women's attire includes a chogori (short jacket with long sleeves) with 2 long ribbons which are tied to form the otkorum. A chima, a full length, high waisted wrap around skirt is worn. Boat shaped shoes make of silk, are worn with white cotton socks The bride's attire might include a white sash with significant symbols or flowers. A headpiece or crown may also be worn. The norigae is a hanbok decoration which has been worn by all classes of Korean women for centuries. It is tied to the skirt or the ribbon on the jacket. The knot on the top is called the Maedup. The Groom's Attire A jacket (chigori) and trousers (paji) and an overcoat (turumagi) are worn. The jacket has loose sleeves, the trousers are roomy and tied with straps at the ankles. A vest may be worn over the shirt. A black hat (moja) could be worn. -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Wedding Feast and Reception The wedding feast or reception, (kyorhon p'iroyon)can be a mix of traditional and western cultures. At a traditional wedding feast, you would expect to find bulgolgi (marinated barbeque beef strips), kalbi (marinated short ribs), a variety of kimchee (pickled cabbage with a variety of spices, with other ingredients such as radishes, seafood). There will be many accompanying bowls of sauces for dipping. The meal is always accompanied with a vast quantity of white, sticky rice (pap) as well as kimpap which is rice, egg, spinach and other ingredients rolled in seaweed and sliced into 1-inch rounds. Mandu, a dumpling filled with an egg roll filling - cabbage, carrots, meat, spinach, peanut butter, garlic, onions, deep fried might also be served. Soup will be offered, very frequently a kimchee type, or a rice cake soup (rice dumplings with chicken broth), or Twoenjang guk, a fermented soybean paste soup with clams. Also popular are a light broth boiled from dried anchovies and vegetable soups rendered from dried spinach, sliced radish or dried seaweed. Steamed rice cakes (ttok) sometimes embellished with aromatic mugwort leaves or dusted with toasted soy, barley, or millet flour are presented as tasty ritual food. A large variety of fruits and pastries will be offered for dessert. A spoon and chopsticks are used for eating. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Wedding Traditions In ancient times, the wedding day the weddings were held in the bride's yard or house. The groom traveled by horse to the bride's house and after the wedding ceremony took his wife in a palanquin (cart) to his parents' house to live. The bride and groom wore formal court costumes for the wedding ceremony. Ordinary people were permitted to wear the luxurious clothes only on their wedding day. Hand lanterns are used for lighting the way from the groom's home to the bride's home on the night before the wedding. Traditionally, the groom's family would carry a wedding chest filled with gifts for the bride's family. Wedding ducks are a symbol for a long and happy marriage. Cranes are a symbol of long life and may be represented on the woman's sash. In larger cities, luxury hotels will have 'wedding rooms' used specifically for wedding ceremonies. These rooms are decorated with a wedding motif and rented to couples. Today, many couples will initially have a small, intimate, traditional ceremony wearing traditional Korean attire. Later they will have a more 'Westernized' ceremony with tuxedo attire and white wedding gown. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Wedding Gifts If you are bringing a gift to the wedding, do not expect that the gift will be opened in front of you. The Korean custom is to open gifts in private. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- North Korean Customs From April to May, when trees are beginning to blossom, young couples are found by Taedong River or Pottongang Hotel. They talk with each other sitting in a bench for hours. Most marriages are for love, but if one of their parents oppose the marriage, they will obey. North Korea is striving to construct utopia by socialistic ways, so the age of marriage is late. The suitable age for marriage is from 28 to 30 for a man, and from 25 to 28 years old for a woman. After the wedding, the couple will go to the statue of the late President Kim Il Sung.
Susan asks…
How do i submit a product idea to a reputable company without being taken?
I have a drawer full of ideas and products mailed to myself but was told that I needed to buy a patent. When I last checked they were around $500.00. Is there a poor man's shortcut?
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Be very careful as I submitted an idea once and I spent lots of $ on it. The jerk company representing me from Boston called IMPAC went chapter 11 and a few years later I see my idea although a slightly different version selling on the TV..There are a bunch of professional ripoff artists out there looking for people like you and I to make them money. I also have a few ideas here at moment, but once bitten I am very reluctant to let it get out even although I followed all the routine with non disclosures etc, the jerks stuck it to me. I replied to an ad on TV with my idea for this company from Stoneham Mass N of Boston called IMPAC and all it did was cost me $ and more $. I seen the owner in court, Rolex watch, alligator shoes $2,500.00 suit when he was at the Chapter 11 hearing at the courthouse in Boston near the Gardens. I wish I new it was him before I was going in as I would have dropped him right there in the hallway.
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