Latino Wedding Traditions
I am a baptist from N.C and my fiance is Catholic and from Costa Rica. We are having 2 weddings, but I want the one in the U.S to have his traditions too. Please help! I want my family to learn about his culture.
Posted by Kelly; updated 04/08/03
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I`m marrying a catholic man from mexico and some of the traditions of a mexican wedding involve a really long rosary called a "laso" and gold coins. The laso is draped over the bride and groom in a figure 8. The priest then blesses the couple. The gold coins are presented to the couple by a member of the wedding party or a friend to symbolize prosperity.
I`m not sure if these are solely mexican traditions or if they might be found throughout latin american. I hope this helps!
Posted by h; updated 04/15/03
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Another Tradition that is Mexican is pinning money on the bride and groom when you dance with them,money for there honeymoon or whatever. But again I don`t know this might only be a Mexican tradition
Posted by Ava; updated 04/17/03
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What about a Mariachi Band? They sing very beautifully...no Hispanic wedding is complete without them.
Posted by Vanessa; updated 04/20/03
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There is a really cook website called hispanicweddings.com. They sell hispanic wedding supplies, and interracial cake tops. I emailed them and asked if they were getting any more products. They said that they are new and they are adding new items every week.
Posted by Denise; updated 04/25/03
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Correction to the website www.hispanicwedding.com no "s" in weddings.
Posted by Toni; updated 04/26/03
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Posted by ALICE GARZA; updated 09/26/03
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In some places the don`t pin money on them they just pass the brides and grooms shoes around and people put money in the shoes.
Posted by Rosa; updated 03/26/04
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Here`s a novel idea-- ASK HIM what his cultures are -- or maybe read a book. You can read, right? Dumb people like you make me laugh.
Posted by Maddie; updated 03/26/04
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Posted by Rig; updated 03/28/04
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Message like Maddie`s are pretty stupid. Men lots of times are clueless on what is done in their culture. This board is to ask questions and answers like yours should be kept to yourself. Insulting people doesn`t help.
Posted by Lilly; updated 03/31/04
