After that, the groom will bring the bride to his house in order to present her to his ancestor and relatives. At the groom’s home, the couples pray before the altar and bless for their marriage. Then, the parents share their experience and give advice to the couples. Moving on, the couples ex change their wedding rings and receive the gifts from their family. After the wedding ceremony is over, there will be a wedding party.
The groom, dressed in his best outfit reaches the bride's home with a procession of friends, relatives and family members. Drums are played and crackers are burst to ward away evil spirit spirits. Music and dance plays a major role in the festivities. Bride and the groom wear a crown or garland to mark the occasion. The actual transfer of the bride from father to groom takes place at night after the bridal banquet.
The celebration took place at a banquet hall that was elaborately decorated like you would find at a wedding reception. I was told by my host however, that earlier in the morning of the same day the young girl( la Quinceanera) had gone to church with her parents, god parents and some family members for the religious aspect of the celebration where the celebrant was prayed for and officially declared a woman. Upon arrival, my first impression was that of utter amazement as I wondered why a fifteenth birthday party would call for such an elaborate celebration with a life band, a Dj, and a Mariachi. By the time guest were fully seated, the Dj took to the center of the hall to welcome guest on behalf of the la Quinceanera and her family. Shortly afterward, the la Quinceanera dressed in an elegant pink dress was escorted into the hall by a young man dressed in black suit, her parents, a group of fourteen young girls all dressed in uniform outfits and another group of fourteen young men all dressed in suits .
The music performance was done by a small group of men also dressed in a suit and tie and a kippah, one was singing, one playing the piano, a few on the violin, one on the cello, and one on a harp. Up front, the Rabbi was standing under a canopy known as the Chuppah waiting for the bride and groom. A Chuppah is supposed to symbolize the house the soon to be married couple would live together in. The Rabbi was wearing a suit, a tie, and a kippah as well. The groom was the first one to walk down the aisle accompanied by his parents, and he too was wearing a kippah.
The cake, usually great in size and color, is topped by a figure of the person whom is being celebrated. With many tiers, they cut and eat the first piece of cake. Both a quinceanera and a wedding dress are traditionally to be found as a white ball gown. The difference is that a wedding dress has a trail while the Quinceanera dress does not. “The dress of the Quinceanera makes her appear to float as if an angel upon a cloud.” (bellaonline) The actual ceremony of a Quinceanera consists of the giving of gifts bought by her family, such as a tiara, a ring, a bracelet, earrings, a bible, and a rosary.
Plot, Point of View, and Development of Character in Junot Diaz’s Fiesta, 1980 In the story Fiesta, 1980 the title gives a first impression of what the story is mainly about. Diaz starts the story with an exposition to help us better understand some of the key characters in the story. The story starts out explaining that the family is getting ready to go to a party to celebrate Yunior’s aunt and uncle finally moving to the Unites States. The point when Papi arrives home and rushes to the bathroom while putting his hand up to stop Mami when she tries talking to him, signifies his air of authority. Further, the comment that Yunior makes about his Papi going to shower to “wash off the evidence quick”(150) due to Yuniors notion that his Papi was probably with the Puerto Rican woman, brings further detail as to the kind of man Papi is.
Mantras are chanted on all these occasions. Then comes upanayana sanskar which is popular among the orthodox, upper-caste Hindus it generally takes place for young males between the ages of six and twelve. At the ceremony, the priest invests the boy with a sacred thread to be worn always over the left shoulder and the parents instruct f^m to pronounce the Gayatri Mantra. The Upanayan sinker is held to mark the transition tQ awareness and adult religious responsibilities. In South, a different ritual occurs at the first menses of the young Hindu women.
Traditionally American weddings take place in a church, family and friends are formally invited and they have bridesmaids, flower girls, and a ring bearer. The bride and the groom always have a dance too after they have said their vows. Pakistani weddings have two sides, first there’s a religious ceremony at a mosque where there’s a mullah who reads them their vows and there can’t be any music at this part of the wedding because this part is like a Islamic ceremony where the bride and groom make a promise in front of God. After the religious part is over the other part of the wedding usually takes place a week after where they can dance and enjoy. Family and friends play a big role in both weddings; they are the most important part of the wedding.
Both speakers visualize exactly what their love interests will do that evening. In “Warming Her Pearls” the speaker imagines the luxurious evening her mistress is attending ‘…picture her dancing / with tall men’ and what her mistress will do when she returns home ‘Undressing, / taking off her jewels’. “The New-Married Miner” is similar to this as he also envisions his wife welcoming him home with a ‘scalding’ bath, and cleans him after his hard day of work, ‘rub and scrub me as hard as you can’. These two speakers are both deeply on love, and are acquainted to their loved ones and their routine. In “The New-Married Miner” the speaker knows what will happen when he gets home to his wife; he goes into detail about bathing and uses tactile words such as ‘Squeeze’, ‘Heat’, ‘Hold and fold’.
* Alliteration. * Assonance. Analysis: The Rime: The Song/story; Mariner: Sailor Part 1: - There is the narrator telling us about the characters about the story, and then there is a second speaker that is the guy that is stopped. He was talking to the guy who stopped him he said why did you stop me I have a wedding to attend he is a wedding guest. Kin: Relative; Merry: Happy; din’: music.