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Marriage Customs

Marriage outside the Hui group is not encouraged. In the event a Hui wants to marry a non-Hui, the non-Hui youth must understand and respect the Hui culture as well as convert to Islamism, or the marriage will be denied. For the marriage [...]

Posted On : Aug, 11 2009 | Comments : 0

JAPANESE MARRIAGE - HISTORY

During the age of aristocracy, “Muko-iri” was the common marriage system in Japan. A bridegroom would nightly visit his bride at her home. Only after the birth of a child or the loss of his parents would be the bride be accepted [...]

Posted On : Aug, 01 2009 | Comments : 0

ARRANGED MARRIAGES Facts

Arranged marriage (also called prearranged marriage) is a marriage arranged by someone other than the couple getting wedded, curtailing or avoiding the process of courtship. Such marriages had deep roots in royal and aristocratic families a [...]

Posted On : Jul, 31 2009 | Comments : 0

Some marriages are made in heaven

It’s not surprising that tea and chocolate make good tasting partners. Although the cacao plant’s terroir and the tea plant’s terroir only overlap north and south of the equator, the saying “what grows together goes [...]

Posted On : Jul, 27 2009 | Comments : 0

Secrets of Successful Long Distance Marriage

Marriages are made in heaven. However, it depends on two mortal souls to make their marriage work. We have to overcome many obstacles in our married life. When we fail in our acid tests of married life, the ‘made in heaven’ mar [...]

Posted On : Jul, 23 2009 | Comments : 0

JAPANESE MARRIAGE

If you look carefully you will be able to see how the Uchikake is very long and would touch the ground if it was not held up. Unlike traditional Western wedding dresses, that have train or material that flows along the ground at the back [...]

Posted On : Jul, 16 2009 | Comments : 0

The Process of Arranged Marriage

The steps involved in an arranged marriage vary by communities and families. Sometimes they involve extremities such as "promise made while gambling" or "bride whom the father of the groom likes", but here are the most c [...]

Posted On : Jul, 15 2009 | Comments : 0

Asian Marriage and Sex Culture

The number of Asian girls looking to marry foreign men out weighs the opposite scenario. This has been the case for decades as young and older Asian females seek a better life than the third world conditions they are accustomed to. Westerne [...]

Posted On : Jun, 26 2009 | Comments : 0

Arranged marriages

I watched a 20/20 episode in New Zealand the other day about arranged marriages. I was amazed at the facts surrounding such an ancient practice. Did you know that over 90% of marriages in India, and 60% of marriages in the world, are arrang [...]

Posted On : Jun, 23 2009 | Comments : 0

Marriage between 11-year-old boy and 10-year-old girl puts t...

When an 11-year-old boy gave out invitations to his classmates for his wedding to a 10-year-old cousin, the issue of child marriage was back the centre of public debate in Saudi Arabia. Muhammad Al-Rashidi’s marriage was eventually p [...]

Posted On : Jun, 15 2009 | Comments : 0

Marriage in Thailand

Marriage in Thailand by non-Thai couples or Thai National and foreigner couple is easy to arrange and can be quickly accomplished. The legal marriage registration can be done at any district office in Thailand on any working day between 8 [...]

Posted On : Jun, 05 2009 | Comments : 0

Walking Marriage of Mosuo People

The walking marriage widely adopted by the Mosuo people of China is a unique marriage custom that is deeply related to its social and cultural traditions of the matrilineal family system. In a walking marriage, the couples do not marry to [...]

Posted On : Jun, 02 2009 | Comments : 0

Christian marriages increasingly the norm in Japan

Immaculately dressed in a black tuxedo and bow tie, Yuichi Nakasho and Yuko Sasagawa, his bride in a picture-perfect gown radiate joy: their union has just been blessed by a bespectacled "priest", who, despite his vestments looks [...]

Posted On : May, 30 2009 | Comments : 0

An Indian Marriage

The Guild of Service, in order to do away with the main bane of Indian society- the caste system and the pernicious practice of dowry, conducts group marriage ceremonies in order to enable couples undergoing economic hardship to get marri [...]