Multicultural Wedding in a Brussels Abbey

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I absolutely adore the wedding I’m about to share with you. As you may or may not know, one of my favorite specifics of wedding photography is the couple portraits – and this wedding is full of them. It’s also jam-packed with pretty little details like kissing wands, rice and confetti, and gorgeous florals. And also being a North American married to a Belgian, I totally appreciate and love that this couple combined several cultural traditions on their special day.

Wendy and Ben got married on October 11 of this year. Although they live in Canada, they decided to celebrate their wedding in Brussels, Belgium, where Ben is from. Having visited Belgium myself, I can say and agree that Belgium does have a lot to offer. Belgium is famous for their fries, beer, chocolate and wonderful architecture as well. And Ben and Wendy chose some beautiful locations for their wedding day. Their photographs were captured by the talented Dieter of Speaking Through Silence Photography.

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Culture Series: American Weddings

With well over 40 billion dollars a year spent on weddings and 2.5 million weddings per year - an average of over 6,000 a day, there’s no doubt that the U.S. is number one in the wedding industry. So what exactly does an American wedding entail? This post will delve into some of America’s wedding traditions that have been around since the classic Kennedy wedding in 1953 and more modern traditions that have made recent appearances in the wedding industry.

Let’s first preface that these American wedding traditions often have origins from other parts of the world and are shared with other cultures. Weddings in the United States are also very similar to those in England, both following the “white wedding” scheme.

 

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