Blending Cultures!

Hi Kamilah!

I'm half Filipino, born and raised in the states, and my FH is American! We're doing a couple of things to help showcase my mom's culture. We'll be adding the cord and veil tradition to our ceremony timeline, and if all goes well we'll also have Filipino food for our cocktail hour.

I wasn't raised eating Filipino food or speaking my mom's native language and lean more towards my American roots, but I still wanted to represent my mom's side.

Im half black and half Indian, my FH is Mexican. We are only incorporating a little sprinkle of Indian culture, unfortunately I can’t afford to have many aspects of an Indian wedding so it’s mostly American/Mexican wedding. I tried other ways to incorporate Indian aspects. I had a bollywood themed bridal shower, I am having a henna party before the wedding. We will incorporate 1 Mexican unity ritual and 1 indian unity ritual. We will have a mariachi at the wedding reception. Indian food appetizers & Mexican food for dinner. Will have a money dance and 1 other dance common during mexican weddings. I would love to have indian dancers perform or have indian drum players but its soooo expensive.

Hi ! I'm Polish and my husband is French. We married in France and had a French-Polish wedding, with a bilingual ceremony and activities during the reception, some Polish traditions and rituals, and French food, and Polish vodka ;-)

Hi Kamilah! I think it's all about picking the elements, customs, and rituals that mean the most to each of you and bringing them together into one amazing celebration! 💕

My younger sister just got married and they had a traditionally American wedding, but also did all of the traditional Indian pre-wedding events (the Mehndi party, Sangeet Ceremony, and Tilak Ceremony) and for the rehearsal dinner they served Indian food and wore traditional Indian attire:

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There are also some great tips on blending cultures in these articles:

11 Tips to Help You Plan a Multicultural Wedding

Multicultural Wedding Planning IRL: How One Couple Nailed It