Ethnic Wedding Themes

Recently we posted three ethnic wedding themes - Afro-Centric, Chinese and Greek Ethnic Wedding Themes.  We had such a response that we are featuring four more - Italian, Hindu, Irish and Polish Ethnic Wedding Themes for brides who want to get in touch with theirs or their groom’s cultural background. Learn about the ceremony, traditions, menu and receptions for each of these ethnic weddings. You can click photos to enlarge.

Italian Ethnic Wedding

The Ceremony: For a traditional Italian wedding, the bride will wear a white dress, symbolizing purity, and a veil to keep the groom from seeing her face before the ceremony.  She will not wear any gold until the moment that her wedding ring is placed on her finger.  Most Italian weddings are also held in Catholic ceremonies. The ceremony will therefore be proceeded by a Catholic Mass. Most Italian wedding ceremonies take place in the morning or early afternoon. Following the wedding ceremony, it is customary to release two doves into the air. The best day to get married is Sunday, but weddings during Lent or Advent are often forbidden. [Read more]

Chinese Ethnic Wedding

Here’s another ethnic wedding that you might be interested in knowing, especially if you and/or your groom would like to add some of your ethnic ceremonies to your wedding as signs of respect and love for your culture.

Ethnic Wedding - Chinese

The Ceremony:

Traditional Chinese weddings are filled with ritual.  There were many symbolic ceremonies which had to take place before the wedding itself even began.  After extensive preparation, the wedding ceremony would be conducted at the family altar.  Here the couple would pay homage to their ancestors and gods.  The couple would share tea, then bow to each other.  In many cases this completed the ceremony.

Though many Chinese ceremonies today are more modern, traditional influences are abundant.  Guests will usually wear at least a small hint of red to symbolize luck and prosperity for the couple.  The symbol of double happiness is also often spotted in the decorations.  [Read more]

6 More Wedding Themes

Wedding Theme Brides by bellab

We promised you 12 Wedding Themes and we have given you 6 great themes so far.  Here are the rest of the wedding themes that we hope will inspire you to choose one of these wedding themes or to create your own.

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Celebrity Style Wedding Theme

Our 5th installment of our Creative Wedding Themes is Celebrity-Style Wedding Theme.  You’ve seen, read or heard how celebs conduct their marriages.  Granted most of their marriages don’t last long, but we all know that they did a good amount of planning, albeit mostly in secret to prevent paparazzi from knowing the event.  On top of that, most celebs weddings are overdone and very expensive.  It does not have to be expensive if you choose to go with this theme.  All you need is a little bit of inspiration, creativity and help from a wedding planner or your good friends.  Here are our tips for pulling this theme off: [Read more]

Country Wedding Theme

Country Wedding Theme is our day 4 installment of our 12 days of Creative Wedding Theme.

For the bride who wants warm, relaxed, and down-home wedding, country wedding theme fits the bill.  Country wedding does not mean jeans and cowboy boots, although you can wear these, too, if you fancy yourself getting married in these clothes.  Nothing wrong with that, but what we want to share with you here is the more conservative country wedding - with the gowns, lots of fresh flowers and country music.  Here’s the list:

Location:  Choose a rustic country with open wood beams and large, cozy fireplaces, an old farmhouse or a big barn-style building. [Read more]

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