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Costa Rican Wedding Traditions

Quite interestingly, there has been an increase in the number of tour packages offering wedding ceremonies in the beaches of Costa Rica. Now this is any expat's dream and fantasy. All that is needed in this kind of wedding ceremonies are your bare feet or sandals, some tropical flowers, light clothes, and of course the beach where you want to get married.

The destination is nice, of course. But more than the destination itself, wouldn't it be much better to have your potential wedding carry with it Costa Rican wedding culture itself? Fuse this with your own culture and you will see a healthy relationship between yourself and your environment. The following paragraphs detail some cultural practices during Costa Rican weddings.

First of all, like any other wedding, Costa Rican weddings are festive by nature. Thus, food are plentiful during these ceremonies. Casados are ubiquitous during these ceremonies, featuring meat, salad, plantains, and gallo printo. If you married by the beach, it is also common to have a seafood barbecue feast after. Upscale weddings, meanwhile, usually feature the traditional gourmet buffet.

Another factor that you will always see in Costa Rican weddings is the presence of the family, both those that belong to the direct family and the extended family. Familial affiliations are simply of major importance in this culture. Elopement is pretty rare for couples here. Familial blessings are assumed to be very important before marrying in the first place. So if you really want to observe a Costa Rican wedding, then you better invite almost everyone in your family to come with you.

Finally, musical traditions in weddings are pretty un-strict here in Costa Rica. Music such as Latin songs and Top 40 hits get regularly played in wedding ceremonies, while some others use island themes for beach weddings. Even more important is the use of live singers in these ceremonies. They just cannot go away in a Costa Rican wedding.

So what do you think? Is fusing both your culture of origin and that of the locals OK?

Hello I stayed at a home at Manuel Antonio this past Feb. It was great. Thank you. Lisa Informations sur le Costa Rica

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