Weddings around the World.

Go to the World Wedding Traditions website: http://www.worldweddingtraditions.com/ 1. In the left sidebar, how many different areas do you see: ______________________________ 2. Mark all the areas on this map. If you don't know some of these areas, go to images.google.com and type the name in the search bar.

3. Choose any one area: ___________________________ 4. Click on your chosen area. In the left sidebar, how many countries do you see? ____________________ List the countries in this table: 1. 7. 2. 8. 3. 9. 4. 10. 5. 11. 6. 12.

5. Choose one of these countries: China, Japan, India, Turkey, Malaysia, Yemen, Italy, Brazil, and Sudan

Marriage customs for a variety of countries: (find info. on your country) China
http://www.chcp.org/wedding.html

http://www.travelchinaguide.com/intro/social_customs/marriage/index.htm http://www.chinese-poems.com/wedcus.html
Japan
http://www.japan-guide.com/e/e2061.html http://gojapan.about.com/cs/traditionculture/a/japanesewedding.htm http://www.japaneselifestyle.com.au/culture/marriage_modern.html

Turkey

http://www.kultur.gov.tr/portal/kultur_en.asp?belgeno=1568 http://www.byegm.gov.tr/yayinlarimiz/NEWSPOT/1998/dec/N10.htm http://forum.kusadasi.biz/thread1159.html

India
http://weddings.iloveindia.com/indian-weddings/marriages-in-different-religion.html http://www.indianslivingabroad.com/matrimonial/history-indian-wedding.asp http://www.kamat.com/kalranga/weddings/weddings.htm

Malaysia
http://www.virtualmalaysia.com/editors_pick/202CE3BD-354D-4B0D-AC667B656315DD36.html http://www.ri.net/schools/East_Greenwich/Cole/malaysiafamily.html http://www.malaysiasite.nl/wedding.htm

Yemen

http://www.askginka.com/nationality/arabic_middleeastern.htm http://www.mafhoum.com/press3/91S27.htm http://www.al-bab.com/yemen/soc/soc.htm

Italy
http://www.virtualitalia.com/articles/wedding.shtml http://www.weddingdetails.com/lore/italian.cfm#traditions http://www.ultimatewedding.com/articles/get.php?action=getarticle&articleid=2112

Sudan

http://www.nilekids.net/weddings.html http://weekly.ahram.org.eg/2002/604/li1.htm http://www.sudani.co.za/people_tradition_wedding.htm

Brazil
http://www.capecodjusticeofthepeace.com/BrazilianPage.html#Honeymoon http://www.weddingguru.com/wt_articles.asp?pk=21 http://www.dsp.gp.school.za/2005/weddings/braziliantxt.htm

6. Read about the wedding traditions of this country and answer the following questions: a. Are marriages arranged by families or do people choose their mates through dating?

b. What wedding parties are thrown for the bride and groom?

c. How much does a traditional wedding cost?

d. Who pays for the wedding?

e. What does the brides family provide?

f. Any other interesting family traditions?

g. Go to www.youtube.com Find a video of a traditional your country wedding. Watch the video and write a short summary of the video.

If you can't find the answers on this page, don't change the country you have chosen, go to www.google.com and search the Internet for answers: