Gujarati and Tamil Fusion wedding

Shane and Shruti are truly meant for one another, they compliment each other in ways every couple should! Shruit is Gujarati and Shane is Tamil so they had a beautiful fusion wedding. The thing about fusion weddings, is that timing and patience is so important, as you are integrating two different religions, and joining two families at the same time. Shane and Shruti’s fusion wedding went off without a hitch and to complete this awesome event, was their reception filled with love and dancing! Shruti is a zumba fitness instructor at the Virgin active in Centurion, and boy can she pull those moves. Everyone was so impressed. Continue reading →

A beautiful Sikh & Muslim wedding

I had been looking for a Sikh and Muslim wedding for a while to see how they combined both cultures and ceremonies. As they are rare weddings, I’m really glad that I stumbled upon it on weddingdocumentary.com. Jackie and Hani had a three day event at the luxury 5* Fairmount hotel in San Jose - San Francisco.

The first day took place at the bride’s house for the Vatna or Haldi ceremony, where yellow paste made of Tumeric and mustard oil is applied to the skin to make the bride more beautiful and radiant for her wedding day. This is also known as the mayian. Following this, the mehndi night begins where mehndi (henna) is applied to the bride’s hands and feet. The darker the henna the better it looks so it is kept on usually for most of the night. Continue reading →

Harinder and Lee - The Tale of Two Weddings

Harinder and Lee had an amazing fusion of cultures for their wedding. Throughout the video, Harinder is always dancing which definitely highlights her personality and her excitement of getting married!

Harinder’s dad said the most amazing thing which almost brought tears to my eyes as it was so beautiful: Continue reading →

Planning your multicultural wedding

Today I have a follow up post from questions to answer before planning your multicultural wedding and the lovely Ishari from Ishari De Silva weddings is answering a few questions. As a fusion (multicultural) wedding planner and designer she has the knowledge and expertise to answer the following questions in regards your planning a multicultural wedding. Continue reading →

Miriam & Prabhas’ wedding

Today I have the wedding of Miriam and Prabhas. They were married in the lovely Graeme Park just outside Philadelphia. They had a Nepali wedding ceremony and then this outdoor ceremony, I have the latter to share with you. It’s lovely to incorporate and have two wedding ceremonies, best of both worlds as I always say. The photography was by de nueva photography who was kind enough to let me share this wedding for you all. The veil that Miriam wore was her grandmother’s veil - such a lovely sentiment. Continue reading →