KAT SORK CEREMONY
Channel: VT Von Jtra ខ្មែបីខេត្ត
Date: 2021-05-28

Dear all subscribers
After the engagement, the marriage must take place according to the national tradition after seeking legal permission. A wedding ceremony is a ceremony designed to unite a man and a woman into a couple. In Cambodia, we newlyweds have received advice from abbots, parents and elders, relatives and friends on both sides. The advice is related to daily life to promote a happy relationship in their married life.

People have to get married for the following reasons:

1.Build a family with legal, traditional and social recognition
2.Create and nurture children to reproduce lineage
3.Meet the biological needs of having a life partner
4.Make our loved ones happy, secure, loving and emotional
5.Live on your own, not dependent on your parents.
Wedding Ceremony:
According to the Khmer tradition, the wedding ceremony is held for three days according to the following program:
Day 1
he day of entering the palace is the day when the bridegroom is escorted to the house built near the bride's house before being taken up to the bride's house. During the procession, there was accompaniment music.
Day 2 is the day on which they celebrate:
1,Raising Ceremony: A procession of logistics (gifts) is paraded up to the woman's house.
2.Housewarming Ceremony: Food is placed in a basket and placed in a bowl as a place for offerings to the housewives.
3.Ancestor ceremonies: Ancestors are prepared on both sides.
4. Sisla ceremony: Mousla is given to the old master to drink.
5.Haircut ceremony: First, the acha prays for the gifts of the deities and sacred objects, then dedicates himself to calming the evil, and the task of cutting the hair with three scissors is placed in a box floating in the pod. The comedian then prayed for thick scissors, a glass razor ... and sang about the jungle and the scissor lodge.
6.Blessing Ceremony: Monks are invited to prosper.
7.Catering: It is popular to have a party at night.
The third day is the day when the following ceremonies are held:
1.Foot washing ceremony for son
2.Flower salute ceremony: Son uses his hand to correct the flower three times
3.Veil-opening dance: Singing invites daughters to come out.
4.Torch spinning ceremony
5.Handcuffs or handcuffs ceremony
6.Dental ceremony, hit ceremony, fruit preparation ceremony
7.Flower throwing ceremony
8.Ceremony of holding the curtain into the room.

Today is the day for couples to start a happy marriage.
But today, the wedding ceremony has been shortened to just one day, from early in the morning, the groom is escorted to the bride's house with the logistics. Then they hold a series of other ceremonies as described above. In the evening, a party is held at the girl's house or at the restaurant as the end of the ceremony.
With the newlyweds, accompanied by honorable young men and women (escorts) standing at the entrance of the venue, waiting to receive and give flowers to thank the guests who came to attend. Both parents must stand to receive guests who come to join the bride and groom.