Hispanic Wedding By: Paul Le Brandon Mobley

Who celebrates the Hispanic wedding? It is celebrated by any Mexican or Hispanic couple who wants to get married.

Where is the Hispanic wedding celebrated? The wedding can be anywhere where there is a Hispanic Couple who wants to get married.

La vibora de la mar 8vU

This is a Spanish dance translating “ the sea snake”. It is where they use the brides veil to use as a bridge then all the men hold hands and run as fast as they can and can not let go the hands.

The purpose of the Hispanic marriage To show that the Hispanic love each and the couple wants to have their own family.

Traditions The priest would bless the el Lasso, a figure 8 rosemary that is wrapped around the bride and groom. It can be placed around the shoulders or wrist.

Tradition The Hispanic couple will kneel on a cosin “a heart shape pillow”.

Tradition The priest will bless “Las Arras” and would give it to the groom and he will say that he will do his best to get the money to support his family and not to leave the bride finally the bride will say the same thing what the groom said.

The sponsors The sponsors are the los padrinos (the godparents) who pay for the wedding, supporting both financially and spiritually.

Tradition Los anillos in Chile is when they are engaged they wear it on their right but when they are married they would wear it on their left.

dresses The bride wears a sew a yellow, blue, and red ribbon into her lingerie which symbolizes the availabililty of food, money, and passion in her marriage. For the groom a very formal wedding may inspire him to wear a traditional matador outfit consisting of a bolero jacket and fitted pants.

Special foods The Wedding desert are a olarascas “ Danish cookies”. Goat Homemade totillas Salsa=chile

Comparable celebration? Yes we do, it is kind of like the weddings here but it is just more traditions added on to it.

Vocab Los anilos-the rings Las arras-13 coins La vibora de la mar-the sea snake El padrino de boda-best man La dama de honor-maid of honor La madrina do boda- bridesmaid El vestido de novia- wedding dress Casarse por la iglesia-to have a church wedding Casarse de blanco- to have a white wedding Una propuesta de matrimoio- a wedding proposal El luna de miel- honeymoon Un aniverario de boda- the wedding anniversary

Other vocab Padrino-godfather Madrina-gadmother Cosin-a heart shape pillow El lasso-a figure 8 rosemary

Work cited anic-wedding-traditions-the-lasso-el-lazo/ eddingsboston/index.html - beauty-of mexican-wedding-traditions Senora Gonzalez

Question Who can celebrate the Hispanic wedding? What does the priest do before giving the married couple the las arras and el lasso? Do we have a similar ceremony in the US? What does the bride wear? Do you want a Hispanic wedding?