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We love weddings where couples blend their cultures. These weddings showcase cultural tradition, ethnic heritage, and faith-based ritual with respect and honor. Looking for weddings that celebrate your ethnicity, your culture, your country? You’ll probably find them here! These posts showcase traditions like Laotian ceremonies, Nigerian engagements, and interfaith weddings.

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Joy is an Act of Resistance: a Tigrayan-American wedding

A message that has really resonated with me over the last few months is “joy is an act of resistance” from a poem by Toi Derricotte. I’ve always heard planning a wedding can be stressful, but planing a wedding in a different state, during a global pandemic, in the height of the Black Lives Matter movement, followed by a presidential election that polarized this country while a genocidal war began in my home country, was daunting to say the least…

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Honoring Ethiopian heritage at a botanical garden wedding in Denver

Get ready to pick your jaws up off your floors, y’all. We’ve got some beautiful photos of Keith and Hawzien’s rustic wedding for you today. They had a two-day celebration, the first focusing on American traditions, and the second one honoring Hawzien’s Ethiopian heritage.

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Mutual Weirdness Forever at this multicultural colorful DIY love fest

My wife and I wanted a colorful wedding where the main focus was love, food, and fun. We also wanted to highlight my Latina background and Alohi’s Hawaiian heritage.

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A sweet boho family elopement redo in Prospect Park in Brooklyn

Melissa and Rey eloped back in 2016 and wanted to recapture the magic of that day, this time with their baby boy, Aion, to oversee all the festivities. They had a gorgeous and colorful vow renewal at New York’s Prospect Park followed by a picnic of traditional Dominican and Chinese sweets.

A ZaZa Gardens wedding that beautifully merged two cultures & families

An eclectic ZaZa Gardens wedding that beautifully merged two cultures & families

Ronald and Mary Jane’s wedding day merged two cultures and families. The day began with a traditional Chinese tea ceremony, where many laughs, smiles, and tears were shed as gifts and traditions were exchanged. Don’t miss the gorgeous tea setup, personalized cookies in Chinese, and the tea ceremony dresses! The second half of the day consisted of a traditional wedding ceremony incorporating Mary Jane’s Latinx heritage. Bold and bright colors were used throughout the historic venue of ZaZa Gardens

A magical blend of cultures: a Navajo Irish mountain wedding meets Star Wars

A blissful blend of cultures: a Navajo Irish mountain wedding meets Star Wars

Chelsea and Ronan managed to combine cultures, fandoms, traditions, and a seriously good time into their Navajo Irish mountain wedding in Arizona. From the lightsaber duel to the travel-themed decor to the Celtic handfasting, this was a fabulous melding of everything they are.