You will write a four (4) paragraph essay describing the
laws, customs, and traditions concerning weddings in the UAE. Also, include any
changes to Emirati weddings in recent years.
STEP 1: First make detail notes for your essay.
These links can be helpful sources of
information
The answers to the 15 questions about the Dubai Media video we watched in class
is also helpful about tradition and changes.
Detailed Essay Notes:
1) INTRO: law, customs and traditions, recent changes
2) UAE MARRIAGE LAW
place: UAE
legal age:
legal age:
common age:
documents:
3) TYPICAL WEDDING
PROPOSAL:
People involved:
Gift given: Dowry
Engagement ceremony:
WEDDING:
Location:
guests:
cost:
reception:
4) CHANGES in recent years:
age: Older
cost:
clothing:
location:
location:
proposal:
Step 2: After making notes, write your essay
In four (4) paragraphs, describe the laws, customs, and
traditions concerning weddings in the UAE. Also, include any changes to Emirati
weddings in recent years.
You can use the BritishWedding essay from the textbook as your guide. There is also an example essay
about China at the bottom of this page.
Make sure you avoid
generalizations. Use phrases such as “tend to” and “can be.”
Also, when coming the past
and today, use comparative language such as, whereas, _____-er than, more/less
_____ than.
COPY AND PASTE the following into TitanPad.com and share your link with your partner.
Essay question:
In four (4) paragraphs, describe the laws, customs, and
traditions concerning weddings in the UAE. Also, include any changes to Emirati
weddings in recent years.
The first paragraph of your essay is written for you.
Emirate Weddings
1)
Weddings are very important occasions in the
UAE. They are vital social events that join two families together to celebrate
the new marriage. In this essay, I will describe the law concerning Emirati marriages where I live, outline the customs and traditions of a typical
wedding, and show how weddings have
changed in recent years.
Emirati Marriage Law
2)
Emirati Wedding Customs and Traditions
3)
Changes to Emirati Weddings
4)
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Here is an example essay about weddings in China.
Chinese Weddings
1)
Weddings are very important occasions in my
country. They are vital social events that join two families together to
celebrate the new marriage. In this essay, I will describe the law concerning marriages where I live,
outline the customs and traditions
of a typical wedding, and show how
weddings have changed in recent years.
Chinese Marriage Law
2)
Marriage reform was a priority in the People’
Republic of China following its establishment in 1949. Laws were designed to
end forced marriages and the sale of women. The Cultural Revolution of the
1960s and 1070s introduced fundamental changes to marriage in China. The Second
Marriage Law of the 1980s states that men must be at least twenty-two years old
and women twenty on the day of the wedding. The law does not require any formal
wedding vows.
Chinese Wedding Customs and Traditions
3)
On the morning of the wedding day, women perform
a hair dressing ritual for the bride. The bride’s hair is tied up in a bun,
symbolizing her entry into adulthood. A similar ceremony is also preformed on
the groom. Then there is a procession from the groom’s house to collect the
bride. Bridesmaids may try to block the groom’s way and ask him questions about
the bride. The couple may serve tea to the bride’s parents before the wedding
ceremony. The ceremony itself is simple, and is following by the reception and
dinner.
Changes to Chinese Weddings
4)
Some modern innovations are now quite common.
Wedding albums featuring photographs of the bride and groom in different costumes
are very popular.
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