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Originally posted by BetteDavisEyes
My mom & family insist that I have one b/c it's tradition in our culture do have the money dance where both the bride & groom participate.
His mom thinks it's insulting & tacky that we ask for extra money. (We're different cultures & religions btw)
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Everytime I hear dollar dance, I think of something else. See, all this is so brand new to me.
Maybe it's just the Filipino culture (and its Hispanic roots), but usually after the bride and groom's first dance, people line up with bills and place the money in either the bride or groom's mouth and then he/she passes it on to the other person by mouth. The second person then spits (for lack of a better word) it out and someone collects the money off the ground. People often get creative...placing the cash on the groom's neck, the bride's cleavage, etc etc. For hygenic purposes obviously more and more brides and grooms insist on putting the cash in little baggies that they provide to their guests before giving them the cash.
Filipinos call it Pasipit. It's tradition -- not a "OMG GIVE US MORE MONEY" THING. You can't go to a Filipino wedding without having it.
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