@ The Wedding (part 5)

 

Now the whole procession was over. We now proceeded to the banquet. 

Eyra got amazed by the sparkling decoration she encountered along the way. 

Trying to reach one of those glittering ornaments. 

While we're having a banquet, another couple was ready to have a traditional wedding procession.

Yes..this is King Sejong Wedding Hall that provides this kind of rarely-seen traditional wedding procession in Korea--well at least in my point of view. 

Wedding in Autumn: it is indeed 좋은 날이다 'a good day' *'an auspicious day'  

Just like the colorfully bright alley themed with Korean traditional colors, the wedding wishers wish for the best for the couples, right?

@ Traditional Korean Wedding (part 4)

Now let's take a pose to capture the moment. 

We received grains, rice, and other grains we didn't know what.

and what for? We'd toss them into the bride and groom while they're walking though the aisle ....a symbol of 'wish-them-luck' 

so, these were the grains we had to toss 'into' them. 

Ready, girls? 

Yes. Freya was ready as the couple was about to walk up the aisle. ^^ 

One... 

two... 

three...go! 

and off they went. 

and back again to the altar. 

The music kept on playing.. 

yes..their beautiful story now starts.

Wedding Ceremony (part 3): A Traditional One

 Being immersed in the procession... 

The groom was waiting to meet the bride. 

Along came the bride, with her adorned costume, she took a slight bow before proceeding to the wedding altar. 

First, the groom had to wash his hands.  I think it's a kind of symbol for purification before taking a vow to marry. 

Then, it's the bride's turn to do the same. 

Up they went into the altar... 

And...after this, I couldn't make out what's going on. I was too far away from the altar that I think I got to dash myself in, had I really wanted to take a closer look.  

The path leading towards the altar. 

Eyra, Freya, and their Mom were enjoying the wedding process. I wonder what Eyra and Freya were thinking as the process took place. 

I could only capture it from afar. 

oh, well..I might as well take a moment to capture the statue of King Sejong.

Yes, this wedding venue was in King Sejong Wedding Hall. 

Another look at how the process was developing.

Now the bride and the groom were sitting right in front of the altar. 

'Now, you may kiss the bride'

(wish I'd zoomed it in)

Korean Wedding: A traditional one (part 1)

아주 좋은 날 'A Very Good Day'

Yes, indeed. It was. Today was a special day not only for the bride and the groom, but also for me^^. I got invited to my friend's friend's wedding. Yes, my friend thought that it would be a good experience for me to experience a traditional wedding in Korea. 

Yes, I've been to several wedding banquet in Korea, but unlike this one. 

The ones I've been to were modern style wedding.

so this was a pretty neat one for me and for my family.

The bride was waiting before the ceremony began. 

I loved the ambiance and the atmosphere of the wedding. 

It is a garden party. Wow..it couldn't have been better... 

The bride was about to be addressed into the 가마 (gama) or 'palanquin' in English or 'tandu' in Indonesian 

now that the bride was seated inside the 'gama', she had to wait until being summoned. 

She's ready...and then...a flash of friends gathered and started to take pictures of her. 

me included.

Busan Trip: (part 4)

This was the main reason as to why we came to Busan. Yes, we were attending one of our colleagues' wedding reception. . Ms. Kim E.H. (sorry for not disclosing her full name)^^. Well, it was such a rewarding day since it was my 2nd time attending a ceremony like this in Korea. As for my family, it was the first time. We were sitting right at the back of the venue so I could not catch the close-up version of the bride and bridegroom ( for a specific reason, too)^^

Anyhow, we did enjoy coming into this ceremony. Ms. Kim E.H.looked so dazzlingly beautiful for sure. 

As for us, we were enjoying ourselves in the party over there..

After the reception, we were then ushered into the banquet where we could have a seemingly endless arrays of food, be it foreign and Korean ones. The kids loved the fruits...

and tteok or rice cakes and their....cute little tarts...^^

This was pretty much......what it was like...inside the banquet room.

Dug into the food that we could enjoy...^^

What a lovely banquet.^^