Korean Wedding!

I felt very honored to have been invited to a Korean wedding from one of my adorable co-workers, Inhe.   Before the wedding, some Koreans had warned me that I would be disappointed because Korean weddings are not as fun as American weddings.  But I went to the wedding with an open mind.  It is not better or worse, it is simply different here. The main differences seemed to be its briefness, and the lack of dancing.  However, they chose to wear Western clothes instead of the traditional Korean Hanbok.

At first we went into a room with the bride and took lots of photos.  You could sit next to the bride and a photographer would take your picture.  Next, there was a small auditorium with chairs.  Many people were standing in the back because there were so many people that came to watch.  The ceremony was very brief.  There was no kiss, but instead a respectful bow. 

The groom had a nice sense of humor and actually serenaded the bride with a romantic song during the ceremony.

It seemed very informal since people would come and go during the ceremony and many people were talking during the whole thing.  I think in America we view the ceremony more seriously, so no one talks.  But there, everyone was chit chatting and taking pictures.  After they were done with the ceremony, there were more pictures.   It was really cute to see a bunch of her middle school students come to the ceremony all wearing their school uniforms.

After the ceremony everyone walked upstairs and got to enjoy a delicious buffet of food.  The food was absolutely incredible.  I went back and filled my plate 3 times.  No shame!

When everyone was finishing eating, the bride and groom said hello to us at our table...this time wearing the traditional Korean clothing--the hanbok.  So so cute! 

All in all, it was a very enjoyable experience at the wedding.  The only thing that I felt it was lacking was an embarrassing speech and some Gangnam Style dancing!