Honduran culture

Btw sorry I wrote “so” a lot I didn’t proofread!

I would think that asking your FH and his family about their traditions would be your best option here.

I recommend you ask your FH’s mother, sisters and female cousins.

I have asked his family but they have no idea cause no one in his family has really gotten married. Even his grandmother has no idea and she knows the most about honduras

View Quoted Comment If they don't know anything about the culture, I would assume it's not important to them and wouldn't make it a priority to include Honduran traditions that won't really mean anything to your FH or his family.

View Quoted Comment Thats the thing tho they dont really know anything but then his grandmother is upset because she doesnt want the wedding to be too “puertorican”

I searched online for a second, and some suggestions were to serve Honduran food during cocktail hour, or a Catholic ceremony (since that is a popular religion in Honduras). I also found: the processional is different, people stand on stage and announce the processional as they come in one at a time; a child carrying a fruit basket down the aisle like a flower girl; two young boys carrying pillows with lassos around them; and usually the bridesmaids and groomsmen sit in the front row instead of standing with the bride & groom. I assume a lot of these traditions vary by religion, region and family within Honduras. Since the country is in Central America, maybe look to more regional wedding traditions for surrounding areas too? I've seen bilingual invitations & save the dates too!

View Quoted Comment Girl! Thank you so much! Ive been looking online but haven’t seen that so thank you a ton! We are definitely doing the whole wedding in Spanish also so that is technically both of our cultures too

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Of course! I'm glad it helped! You could even just do signs with one line in english, one line in puerto rican, and one line in honduran? I'm not sure how different the language is since they are spanish speaking (I think) but they may be slightly different? I also saw on Pinterest a wall with two flower designs in the shapes of the two states the bride & groom were from, you could do the same with countries?

I’m Honduran!!

We’re doing las Arras (a coin ceremony) to honor my tradition (my fiancé is Caucasian but happy to include both cultures). We’ll have a coin bearer to walk with the ring bearer holding 13 silver coins. In the old days, the coins were blessed and given from the husband to the wife to show that he would support her financially. We’re too modern for this 😂 so he’ll give me the coins and I’ll give them back and will have it be a “what’s yours is mine, what’s mine is yours” tradition. Each coin is supposed to represent money/good wealth for each month of the year plus one in case you need an extra good month or for your honeymoon

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Hi Veronica, I am from Honduras and our weddings are very meaningful, meaning that there are some things that we practice that have a meaning. We use the "arras", these are a bunch of coins, generally they come from family, there is a part in the ceremony that the priest gives these coins to the man and the groom repeats after the priest words like this: This is money I will earn with my work which I give to you so that you can manage it in a wise manner, after he gives them out to her, the bride receives them and she tells him: I promise that I will wisely use this money for the benefit of our family. It is something like that, the priest must know and then you given them back to the priest.

Another tradition: there is a time during the ceremony that the maid of honor and the best man help put a big Rosary around the couple, meaning that their union will be protected by the Virgin Mary and you both have to pray the Rosary for Her protection.

Now if you want to make it even more meaningful, some couples go out and buy a Crucifix together. when they are making their vows, the priest holds the crucifix in his hands and you both put your hand on It and promise your vows having the church as your witness (the priest symbolises the Church) and the Crucifix will be your marriage. You can never leave each other because you cannot leave your cross behind and that cross stays with you forever. Meaning marriage is a cross and only with God's help you both can carry it.

Good luck with your marriage and much blessings from God!

View Quoted Comment Thank you so much!

Lol too puertorican? NO SUCH THING GRANDMA! i mean... arroz con gandulez y lechon for a wedding is fine.... ok maybe im being too rican as well lol. Also im havign arroz con gandulez in our wedding and i am having mostly rican food for the reception and my FH is from costa rica... thankfully he doesnt care hehehehehe

I am so glad I found this post my FH is from Honduras and I am Italian American and want to cooperate both our cultures