Exclusive Photography Tour: “Recreating the Traditional Southern Vietnamese Wedding”

Introduction about traditional Vietnamese wedding custom in Mekong Delta

The wedding ceremony is always a special ceremony in every Vietnamese family. Although there is no history record of these South marriage procedures, but thanks to the form of word of mouth, traditional ceremonies are preserved and promoted to this day. The wedding ceremony is an occasion to show the traditional quintessence and features of Vietnamese national culture.


Weddings in Vietnam include rituals bearing the traditional culture, however in each region, they have a distinctive feature. Procedures for marriage in the South, where the people have a liberal personality, the rituals are made quite more relaxed and gentler, but still need to ensure solemnity and sacredness.

Coming to Vietnam for photography is your correct choice and many professional photographers from different countries got success with plenty of photographic masterpieces in a place where has friendly people, rich food, diversity of markets from plain to plateau.

About 97 million people live in a small country with variety of very interesting things and there are only photographers who save every moments everytime, everywhere.

This is a great journey to discover traditional wedding in the Southern Vietnamese villages”.

 

Time: February 2024

PRICE : 

  • Price: 500 USD/person
  • Group Size: 10 persons

 

DAY 1 : 

  • Starting from Sai Gon to Can Tho at 6am - taking photos along the roads of the fields, the people living in the local areas (My Tho -Vinh Long).
  • Having breakfast at My Tho.
  • Having lunch in Can Tho.
  • Checking in hotel and taking photos of a Chinese temple in Can Tho.
  • Having dinner in Can Tho, taking photos of sunset scene on the Mekong River with boats parked at the river dock.

DAY 2 : Wedding photography day (the main concept of the tour)

  • 4:00 Moving from hotel to shooting place.
  • 5: 30- 7:30 Taking photos of sunrise scene on the river, in which there is a scene of “bridegroom's family” going to pick up the “Bride” on the river boats moving through the small riverside with the charming countryside landscape.
  • 8:30 9:30 Taking pictures of the bridegroom’s family at the bride’s house and simulating the wedding rituals.
  • 9:30 11:00 Taking pictures of the bridegroom's family picking up the bride on a boat through the river.
  • 11:30 Guests join the reception with the two families in the form of real wedding.
  • 13:00 Finishing and bringing guests to Saigon.

 

Guest benefits

The program is organized thoughtfully, properly informed plan.

A good guide to take photos, have beautiful photo works.

Photoshop tutorials: Quick photo editing.

Experience a meaningful journey

Professional photography guides.

HIGHLIGHT

The wedding ceremony is properly simulated with the traditional wedding ceremony procedure of the Southern people.

The characters in the event show the role and position of the wedding ceremony.

Number of characters are 12-20 people. Among them, the bride and groom characters are the main characters in traditional weddings selected from professional photography models.

 

 

To ensure good shooting angles and conditions in the event, the number of photographers are up to 10 people.

The wedding ceremony is always a special ceremony in every Vietnamese family. Although there is no history record of these South marriage procedures, but thanks to the form of word of mouth, traditional ceremonies are preserved and promoted to this day. The wedding ceremony is an occasion to show the traditional quintessence and features of Vietnamese national culture.

 

Weddings in Vietnam include rituals bearing the traditional culture, however in each region, they have a distinctive feature. Procedures for marriage in the South, where the people have a liberal personality, the rituals are made quite more relaxed and gentler, but still need to ensure solemnity and sacredness.
 
The wedding procedure in the South is still carried out with all the rituals – marriage proposal, pre-wedding ceremony, wedding procession.
 
 
 
 
However, different from the custom of the North, if two families in the South are far from each other, they can skip the opening ceremony, conduct a common ceremony and pick up the bride on the same day. At that time, the ancestors and wedding offerings when receiving the bride will also be combined.
 
Our photography program is “stimulating” all the traditional wedding procedure so you can visit and take photos at each stage of the ceremony. It is also an opportunity for you to learn more about Vietnamese marriage culture in each region of Vietnam.
 
The wedding in the Southern Vietnamese village is an attractive and very meaningful tourist photography program and also a special point when you come to Vietnam. It will be very interesting to see a kind of indispensable ritual, culture of Vietnamese people, which everyone has to perform once in their life.
 
Marriage customary practices of each region will be different from North to South. Particularly for the procedure of Southern marriage, the pre-wedding ceremony is usually not too finical but not so there are no separate standards that the bride and groom need to pay attention to.
 

What’s Included in the Tour?

Included:
 
-Transportation
 
- Photographer guide
 
- Accommodation
 
- Meals (Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner)
 
- Bottled water throughout the trip
 
- Local models & village donations
Excluded:
 
- International flights
 
- Vietnam Visa fee
 
- Drinks/ Snacks
 
- Personal expenses
 
- Trip cancellation
 
- Medical insurance
 
- Gratuities for hotel services, drivers, photo tour leaders and local guides