Traditionally people get married to someone of the same culture, religion and country and sometimes they are so inclined to their customs that they cannot even imagine of getting married to someone who has a different cast and social status. Marriage brings two persons together and forms a family and with the time, marrying in a different culture (mixed marriage as they call it) has become common and socially accepted. Technological advancements, changes in social belief, and freedom for choosing a life partner among young have accelerated this trend and many of these cross cultural marriages indeed are working too well.
To begin with, people have technologies on their hands and make friends across the border. An increasing number of people these days go to study in a foreign country and live in a cross-cultural environment. This has broken their outdated social belief to a great extent and they have a broader perspective of life and marriage. Moreover, young people have greater freedoms in choosing their life partners unlike the past when parents primarily picked a bride or bridegroom for someone. Society in most of the countries seems like have accepted this freedom and welcome marriage beyond the known boundary.
Cross cultural marriage has several benefits. People have different inherent features and strength based on their culture, race, geographic location and family and it is often noticed that children of such cross-cultural couples are stronger and have diverse capabilities. Two people from totally different cultures, when get married, take time to understand each other and this often strengthens their conjugal relationship. They learn about other’s tradition, culture, belief, language and this opens up an entirely new world to them. Such marriage often teaches people to become more tolerant to other races, culture and custom and it often helps people to discover themselves from a neutral point of view rather than the biased view of inherent culture and tradition.
This type of marriage has some disadvantages too. Family, friends and relatives often have misconceptions of such couples and keep their distance. Mixed marriages often force people to accept an alien way of life that they cannot completely cope with. Children in such families often find it hard to adhere to a particular culture and end up adopting a pseudo-cultural identity. Finally, such marriage often ends in bitter experience as couples fail to understand each other properly.
To conclude, mix-cultural marriages are nowadays more accepted in our society and social changes, people’s freedom to choose a life partner have greatly made it possible. Despite some problems, this type of marriage is working too well to consider it a mainstream trend.
Traditionally
people
get
married to someone of the same
culture
, religion and country and
sometimes
they are
so
inclined to their customs that they cannot even imagine of getting married to someone who has a
different
cast and
social
status.
Marriage
brings two persons together and forms a
family
and with the time, marrying in a
different
culture
(mixed
marriage
as they call it) has become common and
socially
accepted
. Technological advancements,
changes
in
social
belief, and
freedom
for choosing a
life
partner among young have accelerated this trend and
many
of these cross cultural
marriages
indeed
are working too well.
To
begin
with,
people
have technologies on their hands and
make
friends across the border. An increasing number of
people
these days go to study in a foreign country and
live
in a cross-cultural environment. This has broken their outdated
social
belief to a great
extent and
they have a broader perspective of
life
and
marriage
.
Moreover
, young
people
have greater
freedoms
in choosing their
life
partners unlike the past when parents
primarily
picked a bride or bridegroom for someone. Society in most of the countries seems like have
accepted
this
freedom
and welcome
marriage
beyond the known boundary.
Cross cultural
marriage
has several benefits.
People
have
different
inherent features and strength based on their
culture
, race, geographic location and
family
and it is
often
noticed that children of such cross-cultural couples are stronger and have diverse capabilities. Two
people
from
totally
different
cultures
, when
get
married, take time to understand each
other
and this
often
strengthens their conjugal relationship. They learn about
other’s
tradition,
culture
, belief, language and this opens up an
entirely
new world to them. Such
marriage
often
teaches
people
to become more tolerant to
other
races,
culture
and custom and it
often
helps
people
to discover themselves from a neutral point of view
rather
than the biased view of inherent
culture
and tradition.
This type of
marriage
has
some
disadvantages too.
Family
, friends and relatives
often
have misconceptions of such couples and
keep
their distance. Mixed
marriages
often
force
people
to accept an alien way of
life
that they cannot completely cope with. Children in such
families
often
find it
hard
to adhere to a particular
culture
and
end
up adopting a pseudo-cultural identity.
Finally
, such
marriage
often
ends in bitter experience as couples fail to understand each
other
properly
.
To conclude
, mix-cultural
marriages
are nowadays more
accepted
in our society and
social
changes
,
people’s
freedom
to choose a
life
partner have
greatly
made it possible. Despite
some
problems, this type of
marriage
is working too well to consider it a mainstream trend.