052 - Hows a Chilean wedding anyway

There?s a lot of different ways weddings are celebrated here (Just like in any other country) But there?s several ways Chileans incorporate some tradition to their special days, some use our traditional music, others traditional clothes, or traditional dance, horse ride or "Victoria". I?m not planning on adding those to our wedding (So far) but I thought I should share them :)

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First our "Huaso Chileno" this would be our version of the "American Cowboy"

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Our national dance "Cueca" (I know, Sounds funny but it's pretty)


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The traditional "Huaso and China" Clothes. This is a very popular Chilean traditional dance group call "Bafochi" (link) They perform all over the world and here you can see the normal "Elegant girl" outfit on our national colors (usually is just black and white)


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I've seen a lot of weddings where the Groom is dressed on a "Huaso" outfit and the bride on a normal white dress and they do a small horse parade (I think is really cute)

Cort house is a very popular option here, but instead of having the ceremony at the Cort House usually someone goes to their homes and perform the ceremony (Usually a really quick one).This is how my parents got married, just the sign papers and a quick cocktail. (The kind I never wanted)

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But of course there's the normal Santiago wedding too :)



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