I told my friend about culture of wedding ceremony in my class discution. It reminded her the story in Okinawa. When my friend(Hiya) brought her husband(Glenn) to Japan for the first time, they saw a one of the wedding ceremony at the hotel in Okinawa. The bride and groom had a American style ceremony. The minister said, "You may now kiss the bride." The groom kissed bride's cheek. At the time, Glenn screamed, "Oh, no!!" Glenn couldn't understand why the groom kissed bride's cheek. Hiya explain to him that usually Japanese people don't like to kiss(mouth to mouth) in front of their parents and audience.
When Glenn and Hiya had a wedding ceremony in Okinawa, they couldn't kiss in the ceremony because they had a traditional Japanese style ceremony at the Japanese temple. However, Glenn didn't know there is no kiss in the ceremony. He was waiting for kiss time and asked Hiya, "when we can kiss?" during the ceremony.
Now, they have a girl named Neda.(2 years old.) When she plays with friends and leave from them, she kiss friend's mouth. American mother don't say anything but Korean or Chinese mother say,"Don' t kiss his mouth!" It is a culture gap.
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That's an interesting cultural difference between Japanese and American weddings. In terms of kids kissing on the mouth, I think many Americans, including me, would tell my child not to kiss another kid on the mouth. I would say most Americans only kiss their spouse or romantic partner on the lips.
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