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JAPANESE MARRIAGE AND WEDDING TRADITIONS
The Far East has always held an allure for most people, as a result of its mystery and intrigue. Japanese weddings are very beautiful and spiritual occasions which encompass aspects of the Far East that appeal to Westerners.2 Even though old traditions are ....
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.... family. It was an accepted practice in the Tohoku area in northern Japan for a bridegroom to live with his bride's family to offer his labor for a certain length of time. More widely spread was the system for a bridegroom and bride to offer their time and labor to their own families. In such cases, the husband would visit his wife nightly to maintain the married life. Again, in Izu Islands, it was for a wife to work for the family of her husband who would, however, stay at her home. The practice remains today in the system of adoption by which a man becomes a membe ....
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