How a Potlach is Different From a Wedding

by Cecilia and Pheanix

Potlatch

Wedding

  • you get gifts

  • a Potlatch is held for 4 days

  • a Potlatch is in a village

  • a Potlatch is in a house

  • the one who holds the Potlatch does the dancing and gets the food ready

  • at a Potlatch you wear masks and costumes

  • you have to give gifts at a wedding

  • a wedding is held for 1 day

  • a wedding is in a city or town

  • a wedding is in a church

  • at a wedding everybody dances and a cook makes the food

  • at a wedding you wear a tuxedo and a bridal gown

 


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