What’s a Chilean Wedding Like, Anyway?

What’s a Chilean Wedding Like, Anyway?

August 9th, 2009 @ 5:15 pm by Miss Poodle

There’s a lot of different ways weddings are celebrated here (just like in any other country), but there’s several ways Chileans incorporate some tradition into their special days. Some use traditional music, clothes, dance, food, drinks, or the basic horse ride in “Victoria”. I’m not planning on adding all of those to our wedding, but I thought I should share them smile023 .

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First, our “Huaso Chileno” (this would be our version of the “American Cowboy”).

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Our national dance, the “Cueca” (I know, it sounds funny but it’s pretty):

The traditional “Huaso and China” clothes (this is a very popular Chilean traditional dance group called “Bafochi“. They perform all over the world and here you can see the normal “elegant girl” outfit in our national colors here, but usually it’s just black and white):

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I’ve seen a lot of weddings where the groom is dressed in a “Huaso” outfit and the bride in a normal white dress and they do a small horse parade (I think it’s really cute), but Mr. Poodle would not know what to do in those clothes… LOL.

Courthouse weddings are a very popular option here, but instead of having the ceremony at the courthouse, usually people go to their homes and perform the ceremony (usually a really quick one). This is how my parents got married—they just signed the papers and had a quick cocktail. But I always wanted the white dress smile023 .

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But of course, there’s the normal Santiago wedding, as well. It’s not much different than any other wedding in any other city.

Are you going to have (or did you have) a multicultural wedding? What things did you incorporate from your or your SO’s culture?

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14 Responses to “What’s a Chilean Wedding Like, Anyway?”

Bee

Miss Star (message) 1,277 posts, Bumble bee

Can you get Mr. Poodle to ride in on a horse anyway? I think it’s so cool!

8/9/09 @ 6:14 pm (reply)

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MissKiss (message) 15 posts, Newbee

I love multicultural weddings! They bring forth such a unique feel and flavor. My hubby to be is Irish/Spanish and I am of Mexican descent and we are overflowing with ideas to incorporate into what is sure to be a fun fiesta! Thank you for this post Poodle!

8/9/09 @ 6:55 pm (reply)

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Miss Mouse (message) 3,295 posts, Sugar bee

The dancing would be a really fun way to incorporate your heritage into the wedding! What does Mr. Poodle think about it?

8/9/09 @ 7:07 pm (reply)

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ladybuglove (message) 707 posts, Busy bee

yes, we are definitely incorporating our cultures into our wedding. we’re both fobs (okay, maybe not so fresh off the boat………….or even off the boat)…………..anyway, we’re both from different countries, so we’ll be celebrating our “home” countries as well as adopted country (USA).

i second the horse idea. i think that would be great, since you will be getting married on mr. p’s grandparents’ ranch.:-)

8/9/09 @ 7:15 pm (reply)

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Miss Bruschetta (message) 5,553 posts, Bee Keeper

Will you be incorporating an outfit change for any special dances? You could sew it yourself, I’m sure!

8/9/09 @ 8:04 pm (reply)

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Champagne Wishes (message) 485 posts, Helper bee

I agree with some of the other bees… the horse idea is so sweet and would be a rememberable element in the ceremony. Could Mr. Poodle walk with the horse instead of ride it?

8/9/09 @ 10:14 pm (reply)

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tea (message) 2,616 posts, Sugar bee

i agree with the pp as well. i like champagne wishes’ idea of having him walk with the horses. maybe mr. poodle would be amendable to that idea?

i am planning on incorporating some korean customs into our wedding. most notably the paebaek and maybe the one when we both drink from the same cup.

8/9/09 @ 11:35 pm (reply)

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LatteLove (message) 4,094 posts, Honey bee

what parts of the Chilean culture are you planning to bring into your wedding?

8/10/09 @ 12:55 am (reply)

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Emily

I have been waiting for someone to write more on this topic! I am having a tri-cultural wedding - I am american, my boy is polish, and we are getting married in Bavaria (Germany) where we have lived together for four years already. Thank you, wedding bee, for bringing up the topic! I have a list of “traditions” that I am taking from each side on my blog: http://weddingdiplomat.blogspot.com/2009/08/combining-cultural-traditions.html

8/10/09 @ 3:40 am (reply)

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Bee

Miss Poodle (message) 3,020 posts, Sugar bee

@MissKiss: That’s such a unique mix

@Miss Mouse: He’s trying really hard to be a better dancer, but I don’t think the “cueca” will be an options since in that particular dance, the boys part is the hardest one hehe

@Miss Star: @Champagne Wishes: We were hoping to be able to get horses, but we are still looking, because there’s no animals on the ranch

@LatteLove: We going to have “Piso Sour” as one of our drinks, we also adding “Chilean traditional” food options on the buffet. I really want my MOH and one of my friends to show a “cueca” dance to our guest - I would love to dance it but I don’t like the idea of dancing with another partner. We are planning on having more latin songs for the party too, well I think that’s so far, but we are working on adding more stuff

@Emily: Wow that’s a Really interesting combination! I love that got everything listed. I should def do the same, maybe I’ll keep better track that way

8/10/09 @ 6:14 am (reply)

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Jessie516 (message) 3,997 posts, Honey bee

I think it would be really cool to have a cueca dance at your reception. I think that would be a cool way for your guests to relate to your Chilean heritage.

8/10/09 @ 9:19 am (reply)

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