UNIQUE WEDDING CUSTOMS

A ROMANIAN WEDDING

Compiled By :
Anindya Belva (2017320010)
Sefanya Anasthasya (2017320015)
Verina Amelia (2017320109)
Choiriyah Nurul Fadila (2017320139)

Class : F

UNIVERSITAS KATOLIK PARAHYANGAN

BANDUNG

2018
 PREFACE

Thank to Almighty God who has given His bless to the writer for finishing the
English paper assignment entitled “Unique Wedding Customs – A Romanian
Wedding”.
This paper is a requirement to fulfill the assignment from Mrs. Fransiska
Anita Subari, S.S., M.M. the English for Business lecturer of Universitas Katolik
Parahyangan – Business Administration. The writer also thanks to her for all the
guidance to complete it.
This assignment is the one of English task that composed of practical english
usage as second language. I realized this assignment is not perfect. But I hope it can
be useful for us. Critics and suggestion is needed here to make this assighment be
better.

Bandung, April 17th, 2018

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PICTURE 1 : WEDDING CUSTOMS BY COUNTRY .................................................................................................. 1

PICTURE 2:APPETISER ................................................................................................................................... 3
PICTURE 3: BRAIDED WEDDING BREAD ............................................................................................................. 3
PICTURE 4: DESSERT – SWEETS, FRUITS AND THE WEDDING CAKE ........................................................................... 3
PICTURE 5: TRADITIONAL STRONG ALCOHOLIC DRINK “TUICA” ............................................................................... 4
PICTURE 6: ROMANIAN WEDDING DECORATIONS............................................................................................... 5
PICTURE 7: CANDIES WRAPPED AND PLACED ON THE TABLE FOR EACH PERSON ......................................................... 5
PICTURE 8: TRADITIONAL CHICKEN DANCE “DANSUL GAINII”................................................................................. 6
PICTURE 9: SMALL WEDDING WITH A DJ AND BAND ............................................................................................ 6

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 ROMANIAN WEDDING

What is the “perfect wedding”? There are countless wedding planning

kits out there complete with a checklist to help guide couples through the
process with different cultural/religious traditions that might be important to
the couple.

Many brides and grooms would love to marry in the tradition of their
ancestors or at least introduce elements of a traditional wedding ceremony or
reception from their cultural backgrounds like traditional wedding
decorations, wedding supplies and other visual elements, traditional meal (like
sake for a Japanese reception or chai instead of coffee for an Indian wedding),
Music and entertainment are easy areas to help set the mood.

Weddings are one of the most universal traditions, but every culture
celebrates them a little differently. Each culture has its own ways of making
someone's special day extra special. While throwing the bouquet, cutting the
cake, white wedding gowns, well-thought decor, tuxedoes, limousines, great
food, and guests in great outfits may seem like a wedding staple in most
Western places, other cultures have drastically different ways to go about
celebrating the big day.

Picture 1 : Wedding Customs by Country

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Romanian Wedding Superstition
Romania is the land where superstition and faith are dating and living together
in harmony. It is a place with lots of contradictions, funny expressions, unique ways
of celebrating the seasons and with a fascinating mythology and some of the most
amazing legends and funniest Romanian superstitions. Here are some Romanian
superstitions for the wedding day (Transylwedding, 2015) :
1. Rain on the wedding day means luck in marriage
2. The bride should cry before the wedding so she would be happy in
her marriage
3. It’s a good sign if a relative sneezes before the ceremony
4. On the wedding day, no woman should stay between the bride and
the mirror. If this happens, it means that the other woman could
steal the groom’s heart
5. A spider found in the creases of the dress means good luck
6. To drop the wedding rings means death
7. No weddings are allowed in feasting time
8. It’s a sign of bad luck to see another bride on the wedding day. So
brides and their families go to great lengths to avoid seeing each
other when signing the marriage certificates at the City Hall or
when waiting for their queu at the church.

Romanian Wedding Gastronomy

A tradional Romanian wedding has a menu of four dishes plus dessert (Cardelean,
2017) :
1. Appetiser (cheese, bacon, eggplant, salad, tomatoes, sausages, meatballs).
2. Fish (in regions where they don’t organize the wedding at night, fish can be
serve with sour soup).
3. Modavian stuffed cabbage rolls (a traditional dish), usually with warm
polenta, sour cream and chilli peppers.

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4. Steak (pork or beef).
5. Dessert – a traditional dessert is the Romanian sponge cake (cozonac), other
sweets, fruits, and the wedding cake (usually at the end). At the bride’s house,
guest could be served with the traditional braided wedding bread and in some
regions with jam. They drink wine and plum brandy (a traditional strong
alcoholic drink called “tuica”). Other spirits that are produced from other fruit
or from a cereal grain are called “raichu”.

Picture 2: Appetiser

Picture 3: Braided wedding bread

Picture 4: Dessert – sweets, fruits and the wedding cake

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 Picture 5: traditional strong alcoholic drink “tuica”

Romanian Wedding Decorations

Traditional decorative elements, authentic Romanian interiros are decorated
with woven colorful textiles, having floral or animal motifs that differ in shape
depending on the region. Other elements used traditionally were pottery and wooden
objects (such as spoons and the dowry chest). Nowadays, apart from floral
decorations, there is custom of choosing wedding favours (small boxes or bags with
candies) which are the young couple’s gifts to the guest. They usually contain five
candies wrapped in marzipan or caramelized sugar, symbolizing health, happiness,
fertility, long life and abundance. These small gifts can be given to the guests in
church or at the restaurant, by placing them on the table for each person separetly.

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 Picture 6: Romanian Wedding Decorations

Picture 7: Candies wrapped and placed on the table for each person

Romanian Wedding Dance and Music

Generally, a big modern wedding will have a band that will play all night,
international music, traditional Romanian music, and some wedding specific music.
For a small wedding a DJ is also accepted. The new couple meets the guests at the
entrance and they serve a glass of champagne and some sweets while the musician
sing the Meeting March (“Mars de intampinare”). They wish the bride and groom
“Casa de Piatra” (Stone house) which symbolizes a solid marriage. After all the
guests have arrived, the bride and the groom start the wedding reception with a
special soang, usually a waltz. Later on, the main chef performs the traditional
chicken dance (“Dansul gainii”): a roasted chicken is decorated and put on a platter.

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The chef dances with it in front of the newlyweds and the godparents and it continues
until the godfather pays the person holding the chicken (Alanandlavi, 2014).

Picture 8: Traditional chicken dance “Dansul gainii”

Picture 9: Small wedding with a DJ and band

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Wedding Business Ideas
1. Wedding Planning
A professional who assists with the design, planning and management
of a client’s wedding. A wedding planner assist in totality the realization of a
wedding programme. A wedding planner handle things from the beginning to
the end, designing the look and the feel, keep things organized, find and
manage vendors, and coordinate everything on the actual day.
In romanian wedding, many bride and groom would love to marry in
the tradition of their ancestors that consist a lot of rituals where the bride and
the groom should doing that. So, a professional wedding planner is very
helpful to organise and guide couples through the process of making someone
special day extra special.
2. Make-up Artistry
A makeup artist is someone who uses cosmetic techniques and
processes to create beauty upon the human body. In its simplest form, it
enhances a person’s appearance, bringing out color and features and hiding or
smoothing out flaws, using cosmetic products. Makeup artist are one of the
top earners in the entertainment, bridal, and beautification industry.
Every bride wants to look gorgeous and awesome in their wedding day
of course. We can say that, "Everyone wants to look like a supermodel on a
daily basis, moreover on their special day".
3. Wedding Catering
Starting a catering service business is a great idea for entrepreneurs
who are well-organized, hardworking, creative and able to accommodate and
adapt to changing customer needs and demands. Food and drinks served to
guests usually takes up a huge chunk of the wedding budget. Because food
taste and quality of service are becoming serious issues to consider, more
couples prefer to have professional caterers prepare and serve the food during
the wedding event.

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 Catering for wedding events has become quite popular due to the wide
range of menu options that are possible. Especially in a traditional romanian
wedding has a menu of four dishes plus dessert (appetizers, fish, moldovan
stuffed cabbage rolls, steak and dessert).

DAFTAR PUSTAKA

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Cardelean. (2017, January 13). holidayhappy. Retrieved from

https://holidappy.com/party-planning/My-Big-Fat-Romanian-Wedding-Tips-on-
Successfully-Blending-Cultures-and-Family-Traditions-at-Weddings

Alanandlavi. (2014, March 10). Romanian Weddings. Retrieved from

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