Incorporating another culture into your wedding?

[MissStepcut]

Has anyone had a primarily "western" wedding that paid some homage to another culture's wedding traditions? How did you incorporate it? How would you, if you were to?

 

[KittyGolightly]

We had a tea ceremony in the morning followed by a Western-style church ceremony in the afternoon. The reception was a Chinese-style banquet.

But maybe you meant how to incorporate another culture's traditions into the ceremony itself?

 

[MissStepcut]

We had a tea ceremony in the morning followed by a Western-style church ceremony in the afternoon. The reception was a Chinese-style banquet.

But maybe you meant how to incorporate another culture's traditions into the ceremony itself?

I really don't have preconceived notions about how it would play out
Tea ceremony sounds lovely!

 

[KittyGolightly]

For my husband's family, the tea ceremony was the "real" wedding. After they made an offering to their ancestors, we served tea to the elder members of our families. I felt very welcomed into his family afterwards.

What culture are thinking about incorporating?

 

[MissStepcut]

Well I personally am wanting to incorporate South Asian traditions, but I was wondering how others worked it into the "flow" of their event.