Kazakh and American Wedding Traditions

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Title Kazakh and American Wedding Traditions Contrast and comparison essay Student’s name: Lipunova Nastya ID: 20111752 Instructors: Aiman Sagimova Bayan Mussanova 2012 In our modern life people are very busy. Every time they run somewhere, they think about problems and forget about rest. During whole year, people have just some days when they can forget about daily life. There are lots of different holidays in our Earth, which show the culture and traditions of each country. I assume that the most striking presenter of culture is events. I strongly believe that, traditional wedding can show the real culture of country. But each nation has its own specific traditions on that event. The approach celebration of Kazakh and American people is very different, but usually it has just one goal. That has some similarities notwithstanding their differences. First of all, Kazakh traditions of wedding ceremony have some similarities with American traditions. The main point of both of traditions is agreement between bride’s family and groom’s family. The family of groom comes to bride’s home with presents and bride’s family prepares lots of tasty treats, in Kazakh language it is called dastarkhan. Important to realize that before meeting of family, groom proposes to the girl. In both of that culture boy gives to girls some jewelry, it means that she is engaged to be married. Further, both of family starts preparation to wedding. Equally important in both of culture wedding are attire. Furthermore, the main part of image is headdress of bride. It is the most expensive and luxurious decoration of the bride. In addition, it symbolizes the beginning of a new, family life, also chastity and innocence of the bride. Usually, there are lots of relatives and friends. People congratulate the newlyweds, they give them a

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