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I'm going to have this presentation about 'Intercultural Marriage', a marriage between two people who come from different cultural background.
I will be talking about the pros and cons of being marries with someone from another culture.
Quite interesting if I may say so
Coming from multiethnic country like Indonesia, it hardly surprises me about intercultural marriage, since there are relatives in my family who married to other ethnic group and white people (there are those who have American and Norwegian husband). However, my family are very much prefer me to marry fellow Bataknese.
This presentation really got me thinking since I am a fairly open minded person and I am currently in a multicultural country like Australia, so my chances of meeting someone who is not Indonesian moreover Bataknese is better than meeting a Indonesian.
And since I finally almost off from my family's watch, there is no way they can know who I am seeing (if I'm careful not to slip up anyway).
This is the ranking of the dream son/daughter-in-law by Indonesians standards according to my point of view (so don't use this because it might be very much wrong)
1. A Indonesian with the same ethnic and religion background
2. A Indonesian with different ethnic but same religion background
3. A foreigner with the same religion background
4. A Indonesian with different ethnic and religion background / A foreigner with different religion
I kind of hesitating with no. 4 but this is it. No. 2 and 3 is kind of jumbled because there are cases of hostility against one ethnic (like Javanese VS Sunda) and they prefer other culture, in this case foreigner.
In my opinion, intercultural marriage is very interesting. Some people (especially the older folks in my family) may have negative views about it but hey it's not their marriage. Of course, they got a point, intercultural marriage can be much more risky (one of the cons) but it's not like I am one of those that got swept off her feet and drown in the fantasy of love and marry soon after. Of course I will give it long thoughts, it's once in a lifetime experience (yes, I am one of those people who against divorce. I know that some marriages are better off but I mostly against it).
And if I'm married to non-Bataknese and my older relatives that I am marrying too soon and it will not work because we belong from different culture, they may as well shove it down their throat since they are the ones who told me to get married and have kids ASAP (my grandfather wants me to have children by 22!). And isn't the husband and the wife are two completely different person to begin with? It felt like they command me to marry my male self and even if such person exist in AU, he will definitely not 100% like me.
Anyways Intercultural Marriage is very interesting (notice that all Hetalia pairings are intercultural/interracial relationships, except probably something like Itacest and Germancest). I very much okay with them~
Can you tell me your view of intercultural marriage and what will you do if you marry someone else from different culture? I'd like to hear about it
Oh and wish me luck with moi presentation~
I will be talking about the pros and cons of being marries with someone from another culture.
Quite interesting if I may say so
Coming from multiethnic country like Indonesia, it hardly surprises me about intercultural marriage, since there are relatives in my family who married to other ethnic group and white people (there are those who have American and Norwegian husband). However, my family are very much prefer me to marry fellow Bataknese.
This presentation really got me thinking since I am a fairly open minded person and I am currently in a multicultural country like Australia, so my chances of meeting someone who is not Indonesian moreover Bataknese is better than meeting a Indonesian.
And since I finally almost off from my family's watch, there is no way they can know who I am seeing (if I'm careful not to slip up anyway).
This is the ranking of the dream son/daughter-in-law by Indonesians standards according to my point of view (so don't use this because it might be very much wrong)
1. A Indonesian with the same ethnic and religion background
2. A Indonesian with different ethnic but same religion background
3. A foreigner with the same religion background
4. A Indonesian with different ethnic and religion background / A foreigner with different religion
I kind of hesitating with no. 4 but this is it. No. 2 and 3 is kind of jumbled because there are cases of hostility against one ethnic (like Javanese VS Sunda) and they prefer other culture, in this case foreigner.
In my opinion, intercultural marriage is very interesting. Some people (especially the older folks in my family) may have negative views about it but hey it's not their marriage. Of course, they got a point, intercultural marriage can be much more risky (one of the cons) but it's not like I am one of those that got swept off her feet and drown in the fantasy of love and marry soon after. Of course I will give it long thoughts, it's once in a lifetime experience (yes, I am one of those people who against divorce. I know that some marriages are better off but I mostly against it).
And if I'm married to non-Bataknese and my older relatives that I am marrying too soon and it will not work because we belong from different culture, they may as well shove it down their throat since they are the ones who told me to get married and have kids ASAP (my grandfather wants me to have children by 22!). And isn't the husband and the wife are two completely different person to begin with? It felt like they command me to marry my male self and even if such person exist in AU, he will definitely not 100% like me.
Anyways Intercultural Marriage is very interesting (notice that all Hetalia pairings are intercultural/interracial relationships, except probably something like Itacest and Germancest). I very much okay with them~
Can you tell me your view of intercultural marriage and what will you do if you marry someone else from different culture? I'd like to hear about it
Oh and wish me luck with moi presentation~
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Intercultural marriage is indeed an interesting subject. At one point in life any individual would have met someone of mixed race. For me it was since the very beginning of my life span, as I am half Dutch and half Indonesian. I am born from intercultural marriage and my family knows a lot about this.
Intercultural marriage is no stranger to people since globalization gained presence in history. Even before the colonial period, there were already people born into this. It's just that now the variety has been amped up even further. For my parents it was as easy as love. It was not a plot to gain any advantages. Although now that has become the common trend for most people in developing countries. It's very greedy really.
When it comes to children, that's where people start thinking strongly about intercultural marriage. This is even a driving factor for people who are just doing this for the advantages.
For my maternal; Indonesian family, intercultural marriage is fine, but not thought of a lot. At one point in my maternal family, they were derived from Persian ancestry. They are Minangkabau people now, and based on my analysis of my cousins in Indonesia, few have come from different ethnic groups in Indonesia. For those marrying in to my family who are from a different faith, they convert legally, but it's up to them of they wish to practice it or not. For me, I was the first person to show significant European features in the family line. My older brother looks very Indonesian despite being the firstborn of my family. I myself have a long nose and lighter skin and brighter arm hair.
On my paternal; Dutch family, they share the same view with my maternal parents, but for them the case of mixed race is new to them. None of them are mixed in anyway as of now, but my father's cousin is attempting to get their family DNA testing to find out their ancestry. A female cousin of mine from my paternal family is married to a Dutchman who is among the number of people in the Netherlands that are of Indonesian descent. It's funny, Indonesians are getting into the family line for them, but it's cool for them all.
For me, my opinion on intercultural marriage is like them, but I do have to wonder if there is an affect to this if this continues. There was this Hetalia headcanon I had in mind where people of mixed race are unable to see the nations because the love shared between the nations results in a loss of people who are able to communicate with them. Even if the mixed people can legally assign themselves as a citizen of one nation, it's impossible to communicate with the nation themselves.
I'm thinking of writing a fanfic about that but I'm not good at storytelling, so I'll leave it as a headcanon though. But I imagine a good ending to it if the nations demand dual citizenship though lol.
I think I have mixed opinions on this topic.
Intercultural marriage is no stranger to people since globalization gained presence in history. Even before the colonial period, there were already people born into this. It's just that now the variety has been amped up even further. For my parents it was as easy as love. It was not a plot to gain any advantages. Although now that has become the common trend for most people in developing countries. It's very greedy really.
When it comes to children, that's where people start thinking strongly about intercultural marriage. This is even a driving factor for people who are just doing this for the advantages.
For my maternal; Indonesian family, intercultural marriage is fine, but not thought of a lot. At one point in my maternal family, they were derived from Persian ancestry. They are Minangkabau people now, and based on my analysis of my cousins in Indonesia, few have come from different ethnic groups in Indonesia. For those marrying in to my family who are from a different faith, they convert legally, but it's up to them of they wish to practice it or not. For me, I was the first person to show significant European features in the family line. My older brother looks very Indonesian despite being the firstborn of my family. I myself have a long nose and lighter skin and brighter arm hair.
On my paternal; Dutch family, they share the same view with my maternal parents, but for them the case of mixed race is new to them. None of them are mixed in anyway as of now, but my father's cousin is attempting to get their family DNA testing to find out their ancestry. A female cousin of mine from my paternal family is married to a Dutchman who is among the number of people in the Netherlands that are of Indonesian descent. It's funny, Indonesians are getting into the family line for them, but it's cool for them all.
For me, my opinion on intercultural marriage is like them, but I do have to wonder if there is an affect to this if this continues. There was this Hetalia headcanon I had in mind where people of mixed race are unable to see the nations because the love shared between the nations results in a loss of people who are able to communicate with them. Even if the mixed people can legally assign themselves as a citizen of one nation, it's impossible to communicate with the nation themselves.
I'm thinking of writing a fanfic about that but I'm not good at storytelling, so I'll leave it as a headcanon though. But I imagine a good ending to it if the nations demand dual citizenship though lol.
I think I have mixed opinions on this topic.