Colombian Wedding Traditions

utopiacowboy says on Aug 6, 2004, 08:00:

You could have a heckuva wedding in Colombia for one tenth the cost. We had the whole shebang, live music, hundreds of flowers, open bar, dinner, limo, video and photographer, dresses handmade by a seamstress.... Who pays? Who's got the plata? My wife paid for some items but I paid for most of it. Best thing I ever did other than marrying her. She shows her wedding pictures to EVERYONE!

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seattlejames says on Aug 6, 2004, 08:21:

Damn.... This is right up my ally...Maybe not one tenth the cost, but very affordable. If you figure on this event being forever, than I would say do it. For my fiancee, this is a GRAND event for her and her family. My theory is, big wedding in Colombia and small wedding in States. Just like above from UC,
Invitation Cards
Wedding cake and model(whatever a model is)
Decorations
Event room(should include food)
Wedding dress
Music
video and photos(why a video I got know idea, but she wants)
lots of booze..

Nothing is split up.... All you baby!

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dagui says on Aug 6, 2004, 09:22:

wedding had mine at la fontana hotel across from unicentro mall ,bogota on a friday nite seems to be how they do it colomb.then went to santa marta on a good promotion beach lotsa food ect. boda was cheaper yes! than states.that was 8 years ago maybe things changed. my niece just got married to a texan had it at salon around corner to unicentro forgot name. if u want details e-mail me, later.

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utopiacowboy says on Aug 6, 2004, 09:41:

Something I forgot - we got married a year ago and since then the US dollar has dropped a lot in relation to the Colombian peso. Still a bargain but not the fire sale it was a year ago. The video's a blast, SeattleJames, I got it copied to DVD - it's hilarious. Elmo would love it even though there are no donkeys in it.

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juanalejo says on Aug 6, 2004, 11:05:

upper class wedding If your fiance is really upper class, you might be in for a treat as the tradition says that the bride´s wife pays everything, except for the costs of the church including decoration of it, but that will not run over 300 or 400 dollars. Now if the wife´s family can not afford what the she wants then it is up to you two to decide.

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Bquilla says on Aug 6, 2004, 16:57:

I'm agree with Juanalejo, if your fiance is upper class, the tradition is her family pays everything, except decorations and drinks. We had, bilingual father for teh ceromony at church, live music, hundreds of flowers, open bar, dinner, limo, video and photographer, .... My husband and I share cost around US$10.000 total, that's a good way to go. Good luck in your marriage.

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LarsBrink says on Aug 11, 2004, 05:21:

My wedding Our wedding was aorund $4.000 US and that was with 100 people, church, free bar, food, live music, flowers - the works!

Don't skip that possibility if you can make it. It was a hell'a wedding. The wedding night in La Fontana as well and the wedding in a finca just outside Bogotá.

Pictures on my personal page:
brink-christensen.dk

Regards,
Lars Brink - colombia.dk

~ Lars Brink ~ www.colombia.dk ~

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seattlejames says on Aug 11, 2004, 09:00:

Yo Mikael Nice photos...Although they are making me nervous. My wedding is coming up fast......Any chance you can tell me about the masks and giant flowers after the ceremony, wedding album 598..Some kind of party or event...I know nothing about weddings, except they cost alot......I really like your photos...

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seattlejames says on Aug 11, 2004, 09:16:

ups.... Your name is Lars..Sorry....See, your photos are making me nervous...Of course my fiancee had a dress made and we purchased this dress ( I have absolutly no idea why), are Colombian tux's for men different than say your country tux's or, miedra!, do I rent a tux or do I buy a tux....Sorry, where the hell do I get the proper clothes for a Colombian wedding?

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utopiacowboy says on Aug 11, 2004, 09:27:

SeattleJames, I just wore a dark suit for my wedding but it would have been very easy to rent a tux at any one of the innumerable places that rent suits and tuxedos.

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LarsBrink says on Aug 12, 2004, 02:19:

Not to worry... The carnival was an extra touch that the lady from the finca came up with to get the party started since it was a 80/20 Colombian/European guest combination. It was to make sure that the Danes danced as well and it worked :-)

So nothing was specially Colombian in the wedding since we took things from both traditions.

The trip afterwards was to show the international guests some more of Colombia apart from the wedding and Bogota.

My wifes dress was made by someone in her family, my tox was rented (allthough I would have bought it since the difference are not too large in price).

Other things you can do to lower the price is not to have it on a Saturday.

Regards,

Lars Brink - colombia.dk - brink-christensen.dk

~ Lars Brink ~ www.colombia.dk ~

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OneHappyBoy says on Mar 22, 2008, 22:54:

I don't know how old this thread is, but I just married my sweet Colombiana. she is upper class. We were married in a 20 minute ceremony in Northern Idaho... She was very content, It really isn't an issue

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