What really appealed to me was how much the parents/elders were involved in the ceremony. I thought this would be great to incorporate both my parents and maybe even my grandmother in this area and also his parents. I think its important that we get public blessings from both side.

He was a bit put off that there was no "ring ceremony" which I think I wiill incorporate but will be very basic with just words about how we feel about each other. No vows per se.

I'm still working it out in my mind.

And we are definately going to have Afro Caribbean dancers for the reception. He was telling me about this Dominican Popular song that had a dance to it that was the same movements you would find in African dancing. I thought that would be cool.

no one has posted a blog on weddings and i am so interested to know from all of you, why? i love weddings... (I'm currently in the process of trying to crash a former friend of mine's very soon... no no no just kidding!) Anywhoo, what are some tradtions from past generations from your famlies and even tradtitons of today? I'll start with mine...

Well, my family is from Guyana, South America. When ANYONE gets married, its usually nothing small... I mean COUSINSSSSS come out of the woodwork, people you haven't seen in ages. Well, the nights before a wedding (an even a funeral) for us is no small matter. There is food at the bride's house, food and did i mention food? We also have this thing called Kweh Kweh which is kinda like a bachelorette (w/o the dancers... ahem)... check the video...