The K-Fication Of India: Indian People Are Now Getting Married In The Korean Way

 Korean culture and its impact are now impossible to ignore. The entire world is swept away by the cultural cyclone that South Korea provided. There is not one person of Gen-Z or Millenial that does not know what K-Pop sounds like or did not ever watch a K-drama scene and in India, a country adapting to all cultures, the madness over Korean culture is very prominent. The latest reflection was seen at the Korean cultural festival, ‘Rang De Dhaba‘ in Delhi on Saturday. The fandom of Korean music and entertainment just had its first Korean wedding at the festival. A couple, who has been married for 20 years renewed their wedding vows in Korean wedding style at the festival.

Jyoti and Vishal Gupta, the couple who have daughters who are die-hard fans of Korean culture, had pushed them to do it in the Korean way. Although the rituals were performed by an Indian man. The entire ceremony was over in just 30 minutes and was extremely simple as if someone oversimplified the “big fat Indian wedding” and a simpler, shorter version of it came out.

Talking about the experience, Visal Gupta, the groom said, “At first we were reluctant. It was a work day. But we were surprised at how much we enjoyed the whole experience”, The 45 years old telecom engineer further commented that their wedding was the shortened version of the original “all-day” Korean wedding. The attire also followed the Korean traditional wedding style where the groom wore blue and the bride wore red silk.

‘Rang De Korea‘ is a two-day affair that is the biggest Korean cultural festival in India. The wedding happened at the DLF mall in Delhi where the wedding watchers were mainly young Indians. The festival is hosted by Korean Cultural Center India (KCCI), marking its 10th anniversary this year. The event was a display of Korea’s soft cultural seed spreading in the society of India. The entire fest was all about Korean attire, calligraphy, and not to mention K-Pop, K-Food, and a display of the Korean martial art, taekwondo.

The wedding was a highlight of this two-day event. It also gave inspiration to Amratha Kong and Hyunbin Kong, the inter-racial couple who met through a language exchange app and was married in Kerala following the Hindu rituals in January of this year to wed for the second time in Korean style.

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