On March 25, 2022 at 11.00 a.m., Thai-Korean couple 'Shin Yun-sup and Shin Natcha' attended Korean Traditional Wedding Ceremony.
The selected couple is the first couple from many couples sending their love stories to Korean Cultural Center in Thailand. The bride and groom met in Korea as the first time and registered marriage in March 2021 after the groom moved from Australia to Thailand. Now, they are teaching language on YouTube and Facebook. They sent 60-page story to the Korean Cultural Center, telling their love story from beginning to marriage registration. It has been a year since the marriage registration, but they haven't organized wedding ceremony due to Covid-19 situation.
The ceremony starts with the introduction of the groom walking along with the fun Seoljanggu performance. After that, the bride's mother lights up the candle. After that, the groom presented the wild geese, the symbol of the couple's fidelity, to the bride's mother.
After that, the bride entered to the ceremony, met the groom, and bowed each other. Then, the groom made his vows to the bride. Then they shared a cup of traditional liquor. During that time, the groom's aide tied a red assistant tied a red thread on her left hand and the bridemaid tied a blue thread on her right hand. This ritual symbolises the 2 persons from 2 families finally becoming one.
H.E. Mr. Moon Seoung-Hyun, Ambassador of the Republic of Korea to Thailand led the 'Rod Naam-Sang' ritual to the couple which is the Thai traditional wedding ceremony of pouring water on the couple's hands and uttering words of blessing.
"I had been married for 32 years and want to inform you that you can achieve a harmonious marriage only by acknowledging that your partner is different from you. I hope that you would be the bridge connecting Thailand and Korea more closely while there are increasing Thai-Korean love couples nowadays."
Then, the traditional music performance is shown by Kim Hyun-ji, music teacher at Korean Cultural Center who is also a member of Korean traditional music club singing to celebrate for the wedding ceremony.
It ends with ritual which the bride's mother and a representative of groom's family would throw a couple of rooster and hen to the sky to bless them to have full of descendants and having happy family in the future. Then the couple ate the 'Janchi-guksu' (banquet noodles) at Korean restaurant wishing them a long life like noodles.
Korean Cultural Center in Thailand would like to bless them having happy couple life and loving each other forever.