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Got married in Taiwan > Norm in Asia. That's a huge jump mate.
by faizmokhtar 8y ago
Got married in Taiwan > Norm in Asia.
That's a huge jump mate.
- philliphaydon 8y ago> That's a huge jump mate. I live in Singapore and after speaking to people about this, I'm told its the norm, at-least in Taiwan, China, Singapore, Vietnam.
- stingraycharles 8y agoCan confirm for Thailand and Cambodia as well. Honeymoon pictures are typically of the couple being photoshopped on pictures all around the world as well. (Got married in Cambodia, got fake cake and said pictures as well)
- jac_no_k 8y agoNorm for Japan as well.
- puranjay 8y agoPeople forget that about 2.5B Asians live in the Indian sub-continent and Middle-East There are no cakes at Indian weddings
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- acchow 8y agoI assure you, people do not forget that more than a billion people live in India.
- puranjay 8y agoI've seen people make sweeping statements about "Asians" without including Indian people at all. For instance, I often hear comments like "Asians don't consume much dairy" when they're actually talking about Chinese/Koreans/Japanese people.
- gowld 8y agoMany people think of India and the rest of their side of the Himalayas as a different cultural subcontinent from Asia, much like Europe over the Urals. It's OK.
- evgen 8y agoEvery definition of Europe I am familiar with defines the area as east of the Urals. What bits of Europe are on the other side? Were you perhaps thinking of the area south of the Carpathian chain?
- slyall 8y agoIt depends. ie one dictionary definition: Asian 1. belonging to or relating to Asia or its people 2. in the US, Canada, Australia, and New Zealand, belonging to or relating to China, Japan, or countries near them 3. in the UK, belonging to or relating to India, Pakistan, or countries near them
- madcaptenor 8y agoEssentially, one definition of "Asian" in the English-speaking world is "the people from Asia that have historically immigrated to our country".
- acchow 8y agoyes, basically.
- twic 8y agoIn American English, "Asian" is a shorthand for "East Asian". In British English, "Asian" is a shorthand for "South Asian". For example, i don't think there is anyone with an East Asian background in Asian Dub Foundation. And the Asian Cultural Centre in Oxford distinguishes between four kinds of Asian ethnicity, all South Asian, and Chinese: http://www.asianculturalcentre.org.uk/new.htm http://www.asianculturalcentre.org.uk/new.htm So i tend to think that this usage is not a mistake, but an idiom which differs across the Atlantic.
- philliphaydon 8y agoOk so I asked my co-workers. Muslims = 'no there is no such custom' Hindu = 'we have, its 100% cake, no fake' Christian = 'we have cake'
- puranjay 8y agoCakes at actual Hindu weddings is almost never a thing. You might have them before the wedding - at the engagement for instance. But weddings are almost always filled with Indian sweets
- philliphaydon 8y agoAre you sure? I literally just googled and the first thing that came up was: > http://thebigfatindianwedding.com/2014/the-essential-guide-to-hindu-weddings-food-and-desserts http://thebigfatindianwedding.com/2014/the-essential-guide-t... > Many modern Hindu weddings will also have a giant, tiered cake at the reception that the couple cut and do that whole cake-face-smear thing. This is an obvious Western influence, but you can keep it in the right cricket-field at least by doing something like a mehndi or chai-infused cake. Just a suggestion.
- nonamechicken 8y agoLiving in India for 30+ years. I am hearing this for the first time. In my state in South India, I am 100% sure there is no cake at any stage of the wedding for Hindus or Muslims.
- madcaptenor 8y agoDoes Indian cuisine (and I realize that I'm sweeping a lot of complexity under the rug) include cake?
- jdietrich 8y agoPredominantly not. Traditional Indian sweets and desserts tend to be milk-based puddings, deep fried items or soft candies similar to fudge, caramel or marzipan. You can't really bake a cake in a tandoor.
- taneq 8y agoMight have skipped a couple of steps there, buddy. It was probably more like: Got married in Taiwan > Was surprised about the cake not being real > Asked some Taiwanese friends if this was normal > Friends say yeah, and not just in Taiwan > Really, what other places do this? > Norm in Asia