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Tea Ceremony Customs

posted 3 years ago in East Asian
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    freesia39    January 20, 2006  

    From all the tea ceremonies I've attended when I was younger, I personally found them a bit boring because I was never a part of them.  Even as I got older and my around the same age cousins got married, I still wasn't a part of them.

    We are having only a tea ceremony, and my mom seemed to think a lot of my friends were going to come by.  I actually had told them they didn't have to come if they didn't want to, since I figured they'd just be standing around watching anyways.  Why put them through that agony if they're just going to watch, snap a picture or two, and not even participate, and then we'd have a huuuuuuuuuge break between the tea ceremony and the reception.

    My mom said a lot of her (unmarried) friends came to her tea ceremony when she was younger.  What is the deal?  Only one, maybe two to three would be able to make it, most everyone else will not, which is also why I said to not come if you don't want to.  Are you having a lot of your friends attend?

     

    (note:  my bridal party is only my sister.  the only other unmarried female that may be around is my cousin.) 

     
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    jacz    July 5, 2009   San Francisco, CA

    I don't plan on inviting friends to the tea ceremony.  For the tea ceremonies I've been to, there were only family members present.  I'm sure the bridal party will be there, but that's it.

     
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    lilneko69    August 2, 2008!   New York, NY

    The only non-family people at our tea ceremony was my bridesmaids. Even the groomsmen were family (DH's brother and cousin). It was my understanding that the chinese tea ceremony is a family-event.

     
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    jamocha151    9/6/09   San Francisco

    I'm not planning on inviting my friends to the tea ceremonies.  Some of my closest gf's may come to watch the door games and then end up staying for the tea ceremony, but that would probably only be a handful of girls.

     
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    ju1244    11/1/08   New York City

    Are you asking about a Chinese, Japanese or Vietnamese Tea Ceremony?  

     

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