UKRAINIAN WEDDING UKRAINIAN COUPLES GET MARRIED AT

UKRAINIAN WEDDING

UKRAINIAN COUPLES GET MARRIED AT AGES 20 -25. THE MAN IS EXPECTED TO PROPOSE TO THE WOMEN. WHEN THE WOMEN SAYS YES, THE COUPLE CELEBRATES THE WEDDING.

ON THE WEDDING DAY THE COUPLE GOES TO CHURCH TO SAY THE VOWS. NLY CLOSE FAMILY IS O INVITED TO GO.

WHEN THE COUPLE LEAVES THE CHURCH LITTLE KIDS GO IN FRONT OF THEM AND THROW ROSES BY THE COUPLES FEET.

A UKRAINIAN TRADITION IS TO THROW A DOVE IN THE AIR AND LET IT FLY AWAYTHE DOVE. REPRESENTS LUCK AND LOVE FOR THE FUTURE OF THE COUPLE.

AFTER THE COUPLE IS MARRIED THEY GO AND HAVE A PHOTO SESSION, SO THAT THEY CAN HAVE THE PICTURES FOR MEMORIES AND TO SHOW THEM TO THEIR KIDS. COUPLE GETS THE A PHOTOGRAPHER AND THEY GO TO A BEAUTIFUL PLACE TO TAKE PICTURES.

LATER, THE COUPLE AND THE GUESTS GO TO A RESTAURANT TO CELEBRATE THE WEDDING. A UKRAINIAN WEDDING TYPICALLY HAS ABOUT 100 -300 GUESTS.

ANOTHER UKRAINIAN TRADITION IS THAT WHOEVER TAKES THE BIGGEST BITE OUT OF THE BREAD WILL BE THE ONE IN CHARGE OF THE FAMILY.

IN A WEDDING THE PLACE OF THE WEDDING MUST BE DECORATED VERY BEAUTIFULLY AND THERE MUST BE A SECTION FOR THE GIFTSTHE MOST COMMON GIFT IS MONEY. .

FIRST, THE MARRIED WOMEN MUST DANCE WITH HER DAD AND THEN HER HUSBAND. AFTER SHE DANCED WITH BOTH OF THEM ALL THE OTHER GUESTS CAN JOIN IN AND DANCE.

AFTER THE WEDDING THE COUPLE GOES ON THEIR HONEYMOON.

THEY HAVE FUN AND ENJOY BEING MARRIED.

INTERVIEW I INTERVIEWED MY SISTER. 1. WHERE DID YOU GET MARRIED? AT CHURCH AND THEN AT THE RESTAURANT WITH MY FRIENDS AND FAMILY. 2. HOW MANY PEOPLE DID YOU INVITE? I INVITED 250 PEOPLE 3. HOW MANY PEOPLE CAME? 235 PEOPLE CAME 4. WHERE DID YOU GO ON YOUR HONEYMOON? I WENT TO EGYPT FOR 2 WEEKS