Korean Wedding

Its my final weekend in Korea and I was invited to Jung-hwa's (Rora's sister) wedding.

Here's Rora with her family. Rora is in traditional hanbok,
but all the women wore western suits.

 Jung-hwa wore a western wedding dress,
then changed into hanbok after the ceremony.

 The mothers enter first.

 This is one of the wedding supervisors who makes sure everyone does exactly what they're supposed to do...often by grabbing them and pulling them into position.

 The moms try to look natural as a camera is stuck in their faces.

 Then they're dragged into position.

...and shown how to bow.

 When I first met Jung-hwa I asked if she had a boyfriend.
Without hesitation, she said "Yes, he's very handsome."
Which I took to mean, "Yes back off"...but dude, he is pretty!

 There were nice large screens to the side,
so we could see their faces during the ceremony.

But this is what everyone could see. (Those are Rora's children)

 The parents are seated off to the sides (pink for the bride and blue for the groom).

 I was so proud of my awesome photography, catching their reflections on the table.

The supervisor messes with her hair.

...and her dress.

 Then some dude sings "You Raise Me Up" to them.

 Then there were two traditional singers. When man said a key word, the groom had to kiss the bride and vice versa with the woman.

 Finally, they bowed to the bride's family, then the groom's.

 Rora's children preceded them scattering paper on the runway.

 Which was promptly swept up.

 Extended family.

 Immediate family.

Then there was really good food, beer and pepsi.