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IX Read the passage. Answer the question below.
Wedding custom in Vietnam is quite
complicated. Before an official wedding, a ceremony
of engagement must be held first. In Vietnamese
tradition, engagement ceremony is an official
occasion for families of fiancé and fiancée to mark their
relationship and to arrange the wedding.
Each family need to prepare a representative who is a family member having
a happy life and high-ranking position in the family. In the day of engagement, the
representatives of two families will have some announcement about the wedding and
exchange gifts. The time of wedding is chosen suitably based on lunar calendar. Gifts
which are put in trays are prepared by the family of fiancé a few days before the
engagement ceremony. The number of trays must be an odd number. In Vietnamese
habits, odd numbers are thought to bring luck to the couple. In the trays, there are
betel leaves, areca nut fruits, wine, tea, husband-wife and sticky rice. In the wedding
day, the couple has to stay apart to avoid unlucky things. The wedding ceremony
starts in front of the ancestor altar. The master of the wedding ceremony will declare
the couple becomes a new family.
1. What ceremony occurs before the official wedding?
2. Who is selected to be the representative of each family?
3. Who prepares gift trays for the engagement ceremony?
4. Why must the number of trays be an odd number?
5. Where does the wedding ceremony occur?