Music and Rituals.  

One of the traditions in my mom's family is giant weddings and a lot of people doing fun, line dancing type dances. This past summer, when I went to my cousin's wedding, th4ere was a lot of people from Puerto Rico there and one of the fun songs that was played to bring the American and Spanish genres together was this Cardi B Bad Bunny song. https://youtu.be/xTlNMmZKwpA?si=W3pSWeL1tuNfrpsv

This got the whole crowd dancing and brought both old and young together.  Another exciting ritual or tradition at this wedding was the Chicken Dance, a dance that includes fun methodical music and funny motions to create a dance.   This was the first time I had remembered doing this dance, but they all said I lived it when I was a baby.  

Every family or group of friends has music that they enjoy playing when they get together  and these two songs are a couple of songs that are traditions at many weddings that I have been to. This fun and exciting music along with the good food and great people led to a fun time had by all. 

Another music tradition we have is around Christmas, we like to decorate our house and play Christmas music.  Some of these favorites are " The little Drummer Boy, which always makes me feel like the Christmas season is here.  I love incorporating music into traditions because music is a great thing to enjoy.  

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  1. Selenia VillaSeptember 30, 2023 at 5:19 PM

    Hi Cameron! The way that you describe the party scene at your cousins wedding reminds me of my cousins wedding back in 2017. I remember everyone gathered on the dance floor and dancing so hard that the ground shook beneath us. Like you said, it was music that brought everyone together that day as there wasn't a single person left seated:)

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  2. Lydia Writes About MusicSeptember 30, 2023 at 10:34 PM

    Cameron, I hadn't really thought about line dances being a tradition/ritual at weddings, but you're not wrong! As I was reading your post I was reminded how easy it is to completely overlook things (music and otherwise) that have become traditions in the culture that you're most used to.

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  3. Parkers Diverse Music JourneyOctober 1, 2023 at 11:17 PM

    Hey Cam, I have never been to wedding like this one sounds and this sounds like so much fun. Reading through it it reminded me of a classic country romance film of some sort I have seen before.

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  4. LJ CurryOctober 2, 2023 at 6:02 PM

    Hi Cam, at my mom's wedding it was huge and they did line dancings also thought that was pretty cool.

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  5. Marty's cultural music blogOctober 12, 2023 at 3:04 PM

    Hey Cam, I would love to attempt to a weeding like this one, sounds so fun!

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