h and i had a difficult time deciding what we wanted to do with our wedding ceremony. we wanted to incorporate both of our families religious traditions but also keep the focus on US. i am christian, h is atheist - my family is primarily catholic, while he has a mix of christian, muslim and atheists family members. it would be pretty difficult to please everyone, so we decided to combine a traditional christian american ceremony with persian traditions and added in swoon-worthy songs that make me smile.
we had a christian reverend officiate the ceremony with an opening prayer, we lit unity candles, my god mother recited a poem and there was a closing blessing. i walked down the aisle with my dad - while José González hearbeats played. to reflect h's heritage, we incorporated a traditional persian sugar bell ceremony. my bridesmaid rubbed two sugar bells (brought over from Iran for the wedding) over our heads while we exchanged our vows - the rubbing of the two sugar bells is a symbol for a sweet life.
{all photos by dawn e. roscoe}
the ceremony was perfect - a wonderful blend of our two cultures and a reflection of us. i had to hold back my happy tears so i didn't mess up my makeup but whenever i think about the ceremony i am extremely happy with how things went. (and how we left, as mr. & mrs. smiling our faces off and to god only knows by the beach boys!)
the ceremony was perfect - a wonderful blend of our two cultures and a reflection of us. i had to hold back my happy tears so i didn't mess up my makeup but whenever i think about the ceremony i am extremely happy with how things went. (and how we left, as mr. & mrs. smiling our faces off and to god only knows by the beach boys!)
xo,
jillian
jillian
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20 comments:
Thank you for sharing this!! Sounds like you did a GREAT job of acknowledging and honoring the beliefs held by you, your husband and the families involved. That's quite a mix, but I don't think it's uncommon these days, and I think you served all sides well. Congratulations. :)
It really was such a beautiful and perfect blend of both cultures!! So many happy memories of a wonderfully happy day! I wouldn't have changed a thing!!!!
"heartbeats" is SUCH a great choice! and your ceremony looks beautiful!
What a gorgeous ceremony! I can just feel the love exuding from each photo. What a beautiful way to blend both belief systems and cultures. And I love that you walked out to God Only Knows. One of my all time faves!! :)
so sweet!!
I love that you & your Groom stood in a heart made of rose petals- so sweet!
Oh Jillian. You look stunning...love the shot of you crying at the alter. Beautiful.
Such great photos. I love the way you incorporated both of your religions. Sounds perfect. :)
sweet! i love the sugar bells tradition.... cute and original. (well, to this side of the world at least!)
What a sweet post Jillian! I love that you made your ceremony so you, and incorporated both of your cultures. That's definitely something that I love to see in weddings :)
xoxo,
Joelle
I LOVE how you incorporated two cultures into your wedding :) It makes me so excited to do it with my own ceremony incorporating both American and Afrikaans culture!
xxx
Jenna
Sounds like you did a great job personalizing the ceremony and incorporating all aspects of your cultures beautifully. And you two are pretty easy on the eyes, too, which makes the photos that much lovelier! :)
SO beautiful, jillian!!!!! the ceremony looks like it was absolutely perfect :) p.s. looks like we are on the same wavelength...i posted a few pics of ours today, too! XO brynn
i LOVE that you created something that worked for both of you! and i love heartbeats. you look gorgeous!!
You are better than me. I totally cried all the way down the aisle and I looked so ugly in the pics haha! Jillian, you honestly look so beautiful...and you BOTH look so happy!!! And I want to cry picturing y'all with god only knows in the background.... xox
It seems like you guys found an absolutely perfect mix of tradition, heritage and YOU–just amazing!
Your ceremony was very pretty! Isn't it fun to look back at the pictures? I'm having so much fun with ours!
so so so beautiful! it's god to see how others merge traditions - I'm Jewish, Joon is spiritually atheist but culturally Episcopalian, and our ceremony is civil, which means we can't have any religious elements in it at all. we're having a hard time incorporating everything that is meaningful to us - but it's really helpful to see how others have done it! many congratulations again :)
Oh how lovely! What a nice treat to stumble on today, I just love a wedding post :) Gorgeous ceremony, the light and love are just beautiful!
looks like a beautiful ceremony! and you look gorgeous!
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