In the American culture when women bring a child, friends give a baby shower for expectant mother and people send flowers to the mother in hospital and they send greeting cards. In my Saudi Arabian culture, people send gifts and visit the mother in the hospital. The mother make a small party for the baby. In birthdays, for Americans they celebrate with families and usually have a cake with candles, children receive prizes, play games, eat cakes and ice creams. In my home country some people prefer to not celebrate their birthdays and some people do. Me myself I don't care to celebrate my birthday but for my younger sister she like to make a small party and invite her friends and family and receive gifts.
The wedding, engagement American culture and ceremonies. Fiance gives his future wife a ring usually with a diamond. Friends of the bride give her some gifts and friends of the groom give him a stage party. In Saudi Arabia, they have a period of time called 'Melka'; spouses get to know each other better like an engagement period, actually they are married but still not living in the same house. The groom give the pride an amount of money called 'Maher' and he give her a ring and gold, silver or diamond set. Also they give set of perfumes. For the wedding ceremonies in the American culture guests attend if they are invited, they give gifts to the couples, things they need or money. In Saudi Arabia, we have separated parties for men and women not mixed together. And they bring a singer to sing, ladies dance the Gulfy dance. And some people let the groom inter with his bride some only let the bride walk down the aisle. With special music or sounds of drums. She cuts her wedding's cake and sit in the stage. A special photographer will talk shots for her in her special day while she's wearing a white, gold or beige dress.
In American's Culture they wear black and bring flowers. In Saudi Arabian traditions they wash the dead person and cover him with white cloth. Then his Muslim family and friends make a special prayer for him. Then they put him in his grave under the sand and bury him. The funeral will be in his house for three days. His close family and relatives wear white, and the visitors wear dark colored clothes.
I like it very much.
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