Thai Wedding Essay

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The History of a Traditional Thai Wedding Ceremony To have a traditional Thai wedding ceremony is very important for Thai people. Traditional Thai weddings are inimitably with many steps to follow. The ceremony represents centuries of tradition where a couple agrees to take on the responsibilities of marriage and family. The ceremony begins with the approach, followed by the engagement and finally the wedding. A lot of the Thai weddings are still arranged by the parents and the ceremonies take place respecting the centuries old traditions. Nowadays it happens less than some years ago, but especially in rural areas or amongst families in high society, couples are still matched and sometimes between people that hardly know each other. While this kind of matchmaking became1 much rarer in the last years, dowries are still expected and given, even when the young couple have found each other by themselves. REGISTRATION In Thailand, a lot of people don’t pay attention to the legal aspects of the marriage. They just celebrate a religious ceremony. But with the religious ceremony alone the marriage is not legal yet. It also needs the registration at Thai authorities to be legally binding. CONDITIONS OF MARRIAGE: 1. Both parties must be at least 17 years old unless appropriate reasons authorized by Court. (Claus 1448). 2. Either one or both parties must not possess insanity or ordered by Court to be a person with incapability (Claus 1449). 3. Both parties must not be either in the same family or bled, regardless of law compatibility 4. Foster child is not allowed to marry foster parent. 5. A married person is not allowed to remarry. 6. A widow can remarry only after • • the marriage has been ended at least 310 days or • • she, in the meantime, has already delivered her child or • • she remarry to her ex-husband or • • she possess a confirmation letter from a

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