All smiles, tears, and cheers for this stunning multicultural wedding #Real Weddings: Western US#BIPOC#california#long-haired groom#multicultural#tattooed bride Posted Sep 12 2017 Catherine Clark bijouxandbits Photos by: Nautilus Lens Photography Photos by Nautilus Lens Photography Leila and Calvin blended together traditions from their Filipino, African-American, Muslim, and Irish heritages and made it all MAD GOOD. During their ceremony, they had drummers perform and their officiant also included an African tradition of afoshe: eating and drinking different foods and beverages that represented symbols about a marriage. Then they jumped a broom before walking back down the aisle. They incorporated the Irish heritage with Celtic love knots on the napkin holders, and had a special African print for all the napkins. The groom and the groomsmen also all wore bow ties made out of an African print. Leila's mother baked the cake and decorated with their colors and bobble heads that looked like them(!). And since Calvin loves comic books, their program, seating charts, and invitations were awesome manga-inspired original drawings of them. Are you ready to experience this rich and stunning multicultural wedding? Let's do it… Vendors Photography: Nautilus Lens Photography • Venue: The Rockefeller Lodge • Catering: Party Time Catering • DJ: Rockit City DJ's Gallery This slideshow requires JavaScript. Catherine Clark Catherine Clark loiters at her local library, makes art, watches movies en masse, plays video and tabletop games, poorly cooks healthy things, cuddles with her feline fur babies, and blogs at BijouxandBits.com. @enidjcoleslaw @bijouxandbits @bijouxandbits PREVIOUS Make your guests cry with laughter from these funny wedding handkerchief bags NEXT My circus, my monkeys: our wedding put the "fun" in dysfunctional Show/Hide comments [ 2 ] What a good looking couple! Looks like a whole bunch of fun! Congrats! Reply I have to admit, I really love the idea of multiple cultures colliding at one wedding. Reply Join the conversation Cancel ReplyYour email address will not be published. Required fields are marked *Comment Save my name, email, and website in this browser for the next time I comment. Sign me up for your offbeat awesomeness newsletter! No-drama comment policy Part of what makes the Offbeat Empire different is our commitment to civil, constructive commenting. Make sure you're familiar with our no-drama comment policy. Biz owners & wedding bloggers Please just use your real name in your comment, not your business name or blog title. Our comments are not the place to pimp your website. If you want to promote your stuff on Offbeat Bride, join us as an advertiser instead.