Austronesian
Wedding.
Destination weddings and themed weddings have become
increasingly popular these days, so Dinh and I are
in Wutai, Pingtung to do a Rukai Tribe wedding.
In a matrimony between the family of tribal chiefs,
this is one of the wedding gifts. During the swinging,
if nothing falls off the woman��s clothing, it means
she is a proper woman.
They say you should kick your feet at the height of
the swing to look a little more elegant.
It��s quite some sport to get married in the mountains.
No kidding. According to tradition, you��re supposed
to go around dressed like this for an entire week.
Very heavy. It doesn��t look it - you think it��s only
pearls and shells, but once everything is on, it��s
quite heavy, especially the hat.
Gifts that the grooms will give to the bride��s family
include a ceramic pot, glass beads, farm tools, a
hunting rifle, a knife, a pot and a set of men��s clothing,
which means that the bride��s family will be taken
care of from now on. During the ceremony, the couple
will drink liquor out of two cups that are connected
in the middle. Sometimes the liquor is made of quinoa.
Quinoa is a kind of grain that is quite nutritious
and can be made into liquor or eaten with rice or
by itself.
But back to the wedding, after the ceremony and lunch
follows dancing. Rukai dancing is much easier for
the beginner because the pace is slow and the steps
are simple.
So how��s this different from getting married in France?
In a lot of ways. In France, everybody wears a costume,
or a nice dress, or nice shoes. Here you see, it��s
all about colors, not only white, so a big change.
And the music is different too. We��re all dancing
together instead of dancing by couples. I find it
much more amusing that way.
Wutai��s Austronesian Wedding Festival runs from March
8th to March 29th.
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