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Hey everyone-
Just wanted to see if there are any fellow West Indian brides on WB. If so, what traditions are you incorporating into your big day?
I am giving the traditional black cake as a favor in beautiful cake boxes. I also am thinking about having a steel band for the cocktail hour. Hope to hear from you guys!
My mom's family is West Indian and I've been trying to figure out how to incorporate some traditions into my wedding. Unfortunately none of us really know too much. I would LOVE to have a steel drum band for the cocktail hour of my wedding. I was just talking about it with my fiance today. I'm not sure if it would really blend into the vibe of our wedding though. :(
We may do black cake for take home favors. We liked the steel drum idea but our cocktail hour is on a rooftop and they wouldn't allow live music. We are also thinking of incorporating some foods into the menu.
My family is Jamaican and Grenadian.
dsuhornets, my fiance is Indian so everything is kind of South Asian-y right now. Lots of reds and golds and pinks and oranges. We have a paisley design incorporated in a lot of the decor.
Hi ladies! Im a West Indian bride as well (mom's from Barbados, Dad's from Jamaica)...dsuhornets, we are also giving cake (I call it rum cake, but i think its the same as black cake) as favors as well! Other than that, I am still at a loss for other things to incorporate into the day...But there will be lots of soca, calypso, and reggae playing! Good throwback songs like the dolla wine (lolol I get excited thinking about it!!!) And also, our caterer is a prominent caterer in our area, and I just found out the owner is Jamaican!!! So a lot of the dishes have Caribbean inspiration in them as well.
Soon2BeMrsCLW3, my mom's family is from Barbados too! And we have the same wedding date!
@meelabeela I love the color scheme. beautiful.
@soon2be My dad's family is from Barbados as well. I'm a mixed breed (Mom is from USVI, St. Thomas). I have a long list for my DJ of old school soca and calypso. MUST PLAYS!!!!!
@msbabanas I too am incorporating the some of caribbean dishes into the menu. I have curried chicken skewers and jerk shrimp for the cocktail hour, and stuffed red snapper for one of the entrees.
My parents would not allow a wedding without giving black cake. It will be offered along with the wedding cake. We opted not to do the steel band, but that is a cool idea.
@aqua I agree. This was on my Mother's must have list. There was no way of getting around it.
Also, I love the tradition of the older women cutting and boxing up the cake together the night before the wedding for good luck. Remember, you should not sweep up the icing, but pick it up and let it wash away in the sink.
Hello Ladies,
My mom is Guyanese and my dad is Jamaican, while his dad is from st thomas and his mom is from st kitts. We are planning to have black cake as his grooms cake.
My mom's family (from my grandfather's side) is West Indian (from Jamaica & The Bahamas, but most family lives in The Bahamas). I don't know anything about any West Indian traditions, so this thread is really interesting!
@ curlydreamer welcome! hopefully we can offer some nice ideas for you to incoporate into your wedding.
Trini bride here!! :) Not having anything overtly Caribbean - more overtones like bright colours, spicy food and more informal atmosphere (some of the seating is going to be pillows on a terrace and rattan stools, for example). FI is African-American :)
I'm a Trini bride too! Marrying an Irish-American.
I'm referencing Trinidad with hummingbirds on our invitations and in our decor. And there will be plenty plenty calypso at the reception!
Welcome ladies! Wow both of your weddings sound like they will be beautiful.
Hello Ladies. My family is Jamaican. Hoping to incorporate the tradition of the mother's taking the veil off of the cake and the wedding "godparents" but not in the sense of paying for the wedding or the cake march, but it's a couple that has had alot of infuence in our relationship that we will honor and will serve us our meals.
Trini girl here, getting married in ATL! So exciting to see everybody here... :)
Welcome Dammyers, tytbody and tweds.
@tytbody A friend of the family is making our cake for us. You can go to any west indian bakery and have a tasting to find the perfect cake that suits your tastes. Maybe ask family or friends if hey can refer you to a good baker.
Jamaican bride to be here, I am doing the rum cake in nice boxes as a take home gift but I feel like I need something else. I also want to incorperate other aspects of my jamaican culture but don't know how :(
Hey Ladies,
I never knew about the black cake tradition, i'll have to ask my mom about that. My mom is from St. Thomas and my dad is from Nevis!!
I'm late but I was wonderin where all the Caribbean brides were at :)
Jamaican Bride here. We're having the traditional fruit cake as our wedding cake. We're also working on having a mento band for our cocktail hour.
My dad is from Trinidad and Tobago, so we're surprising him by having steel drums do the ceremony and cocktail hour music :) I have a post about it and our recent visit to T&T coming up!
I am Jamaican and my fiance is American. I am doing rum cake as giveaways and having the hardest time finding some nice cake boxes. Any ideas? My wedding is 10/22/2011 so I don't have much time. I look forward to hearing from any of you.
I am also using postcards from Jamaica for my guests to sign instead of the traditional guest book. I made a box to keep them in and it will add a little of my culture into my big day. Also having stew chicken and rice and peas on my menu. YAY!!!!
I am Jamaican and my fiance is American. I do plan on having rum cake for guests, and there will be plenty of reggae at the reception.
I am from St. Thomas, mom is from St. Kitts, dad is from St. Croix, and FI is from South Carolina. We are also doing black cake and various tarts as take home favors. I have been contemplating if we should have steel pan players for the cocktail hour.
Fi was born in St Thomas but raised in Tortola. I am tolian his parents is tolian, my mother is Nevisian and my father is tolian...
Plenty black cake, plenty reggae soca at reception, caribbean rehearsal bbq bbq ribs chickent stew chicken, rice, oxtail, steam fish and some peas soup, with steel pan.. lots of tarts, pinapple, guava coconut....
GREAT POST.
My family is from Trinidad and Toabgo (T&T) but my FI is American. We both want to mix some West Indian touches into our big day. We are having a pre dinner party the night before for the out of town guest. We are having T&T food for this event. His family is dying to try some good T&T food. We also want to find a steel pan player to play during our reception but we are having the hardest time finding one. We just moved to New Mexico so not much of that culture out here. But I am not done looking so wish me luck on finding one for our big day. Also, of course we will be playing some soca and calypso during the reception. My brother is the DJ so it will be fun.
My father is from Barbados. So him and my stepmother are making black cake and we are putting it in favor boxes, which me and FI will pass out at the reception. We will also will have Rum punch. We will also have Soca and Calypso music.. Me and Dad love Bob Marley music so we will have our Father, Daughter dance to one. The buffet we choose is the carribean. Which has jerk chicken, rice and peas and more.
Hi Bees!! I have a friend who is selling her beauty shop and this includes her Peruvian and Malaysian Remy hair! Please let me know if you would like pics and/or prices! Congrats to all my bees....
Hi everyone! My family is Guyanese and my fiance's family is Trinidadian. We are getting married in the Toronto area in April 2013 :) Hope there are a few Toronto brides that can share some insights on vendors ;)
Also a West Indian bride and am looking for vendors that can make traditional black cake. Unfortunately I am running out of time!
Similar to everyone else, we are planning on having plenty of West Indian music
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