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Step 1
If you are from different ethnic backgrounds, you will need to decide if you will celebrate only one or both cultures.
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Step 2
If you decide to celebrate both ethnicities, you will need to decide how you will merge the two before going any further with the planning.
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Step 3
Once you have decided how to best incorporate the different cultures, create or choose invitations that go along with the theme.
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Step 4
Choose wedding attire that reflects your theme. Everyone from the bride and groom to the flower girl and ring bearer can wear clothing reflecting the culture or combination of cultures.
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Step 5
Do some research and discover what wedding traditions exist in the cultures that you have chosen. Incorporate characteristics that you feel will enhance the wedding.
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Step 6
In addition to traditions, incorporate the music of the cultures in the ceremony and reception.
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Step 7
In the wedding program, explain the cultures being celebrated and why they are being celebrated.
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Step 8
Serve food from both cultures (if appropriate) that complement each other during the reception.
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Step 9
Have the cake made in the shape of a traditional element celebrated in the culture. If the wedding is celebrating the merging of two cultures, talk with the baker about devising a combination of two symbols.
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Step 10
Plan to give wedding favors to the guests that are representative of the cultures celebrated at the wedding.
