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africa

Real wedding stories and pictures from weddings in Africa including South Africa, Kenya, Zimbabwe, and Nigeria.

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A pared-down wedding weekend in South Africa

Edré and Riaan are both down-to-earth folks and planned a similarly down-to-earth, small and simple wedding. They decided, in lieu of having a honeymoon, to just extend the wedding to a weekend-long event and spend the extra time with family. This pared-down celebration is a great example of less is more.

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Tarryn & Dylan’s rock ‘n’ roll retro wedding

This couple had a 2013 wedding date, but after nine years of dating, they said to hell with waiting, let’s get hitched! Three months later they had booked a cool vintage-style restaurant and their nearest and dearest watched them get married in a most excellent retro rock ‘n’ roll fashion. They may not have remembered to get themselves fed on the day, but they did not forget to bring the style!

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Wanjiru & Ricky’s mish-mash of color and fun wedding

I doubt any of us could forget Wanjiru’s AMAZING red fairy wings and her “practical,” floofy, pink reception dress. Now, for your drooling pleasure, is the full deal on this colorful, to-die-for wedding!

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Eric and Tessa’s wild, South African, philanthropic, pre-honeymoon

Honeymooners: Tessa and Eric Type: International travel Budget: ALL-OUT! ($10,000+) Where did you go? We purchased a week at safari lodge in South Africa from a non-profit annual auction, and planned on using the trip in 2012. Since we were both not working we decided to make the most of the time off and planned […]

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Funky South African wedding

Thanks to OBT member Jessica_Iowa for pointing us in the direction of the South African photography company ZaraZoo and their incredible wedding porn from Gillian and Chris’ wedding in the Franschhoek valley. Gillian and Chris’ wedding was not only beautiful but full of fun and funky details… This is my favorite photo! Killer shoes, insanely […]

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Abi & Travis’ Love Declaration Celebration

Remember when Ariel’s mind got bended? Well here’s the deal behind all that colory stripy goodness. The Offbeat Bride: Abi, Accounts Manager and DJ Her Offbeat Partner: Travis, Copywriter and DJ Location & date of wedding: Mount Park, KwaZulu-Natal Midlands, South Africa — 11 April 2009 What made our wedding offbeat: We were married in […]