SS study guide

orthodox wedding symbols

Payos:Commitment to Judaism

Chuppah:New home the couple will be building together

Shtreimel :12 tribes of Israel

Stomping the glass:The happiness of the couple

What is an ancestor?

is the dead relatives in our family who we have to honor

Why are ancestors important?

1-who you need to honor

2-preserve your history culturally

3-interact w/the living directly

4-considered to be like gods

5-counsel the living

What can an ancestor do?

1-bless new babies

2-bring rain/good harvest

3-act as gods during rituals+ceremonies

4-bring sickness+death

5-bring good health+babies

6-visit living in their dreams

7-people (watch for shadows)

8-blessings for your wedding

9-cause natural disasters

Maasai jobs

1-Discuss questions

2-Teacher/supervisor to the warrior

3-Decide which of the senior warriors is mature enough to be an elder

4-Manage cattle so they thrive

5-Help take care of the other elders with community affairs

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Indian wedding

no kissing

both families are Hindu,but from different regions of india

indian stages

sangeet-big carnival party,only female

Haldi-Groom bride seprated

Choora Ceremony-mom brother puts the choora on,bride gets 21 red bangles

Baraat-Groom rides wild animal to brides house

Wedding-Bride and groom can’t see eachother until certain rituals

Jeelakarra-Couple putsvtheir hands on each other heads

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Orthodox jewish wedding

Groom goes under chuppah

groom sings a prayer with other men under the chuppah

Shtreimel-adult man’s fur hat

payos-side curls men/boys wear

The wife is taken away to the chuppah

stomping glass-brings the happiness and future

Brazilian wedding

Pampering of the bride

Different color for each dress for the bridesmaids

Writting names of her single friends in the hem of her dress

Wearing shoes gold

gold heel dancing

gold heel dancing

taming a donkey

Church ceremong

The auction

women as officiants

sweets table

bem Casado

Caipirinha-cocktail brazil

Lifting the bride and dress

Maasi stages

Boy hood

Junior warriorhood

senior warriorhood

Junior elderhood

senior elderhood

retired elderhood

ancient elderhood

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Agni symbols

wedding-money

Divorce-string is broken

Agni steps

bride-groom and his family pays the bride and her family-

Brazilian treat table

lots of fun treats.

Bemcasado-well married,given to all guests

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Indian wedding clothing

Groom-Sherwani

bride-lehenga,hena

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Orthodox wedding clothing

Groom-black fitted suit

bride-big fluffy white dress, veil not see through

Brazil wedding clothing

Bride-gold shoes

groom- wears a tie that is cut up into pieces