My Big Fat Greek Wedding
Toula
Ian:
Toula
- Religious rituals: visit church very often, very religious
- Foods: own a family restaurant, eat traditional for from Greece
- Rules of social etiquette: care a lot about the family identity, want children to marry Greek people
- Religious beliefs: everyone should be baptized, to spit means to get blessed
- Values: should respect and listen to only elders and follow family rituals
- Symbols found in home: Garage painted as Greece Flag, pillars (Greek), statutes around home
- Holiday customs: family reunites and dance, create chaos
- Music: traditional
- Wedding: Very traditional with lots of dancing and chaos
- Family composition: Very loud and large family
Ian:
- Religious rituals: not very religious
- Foods: very American food (pasta, pizza)
- Rules of etiquette: Want children to be successful by lots of education
- Religious beliefs: do not have many beliefs, go by own rules
- Values: respectfulness
- Symbols found in home: typical American home with not ay symbols
- Holiday customs: Typical American customs (christmas gifts, family dinner)
- Music: anything that they enjoy
- Wedding: Standard American wedding
- Family composition: Very small family, just parents and one son