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**freeringtonesioo** · 09-21-2012, 10:33 PM

Recently my girlfriend and I went to visit her family in Roi-et, Issan. Everybody assumed (rightly, I hope), that we are to be married sometime in the (hopefully not too distant) future.
When we were about to leave, my girlfriend's grandmother called us over and we knelt before her. While she recited what I was later told were buddhist incantations, she took a simple piece of 3 ply string, rubbed it up my wrist four of five times and then tied it to my wrist. She then proceeded to do the same to my girlfriend. I was deeply touched by this jesture and hold this bracelet very dear to me, especially now that I am back in Japan and will not see my girlfriend for 3 months

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Apparently this practice is from this particular region only and I was wondering if anybody had any experience with other such pre wedding/wedding customs.

09-21-2012, 10:33 PM	#1
freeringtonesioo Join Date Oct 2005 Posts 478 Senior Member	Wedding traditions Recently my girlfriend and I went to visit her family in Roi-et, Issan. Everybody assumed (rightly, I hope), that we are to be married sometime in the (hopefully not too distant) future. When we were about to leave, my girlfriend's grandmother called us over and we knelt before her. While she recited what I was later told were buddhist incantations, she took a simple piece of 3 ply string, rubbed it up my wrist four of five times and then tied it to my wrist. She then proceeded to do the same to my girlfriend. I was deeply touched by this jesture and hold this bracelet very dear to me, especially now that I am back in Japan and will not see my girlfriend for 3 months . Apparently this practice is from this particular region only and I was wondering if anybody had any experience with other such pre wedding/wedding customs.
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