Ellen, a dentist from Zimbabwe, and Ameet, an IT Engineer from Clifton, Virginia, met at a mutual buddy’s birthday celebration in DC. For his or her first date, they’d dinner in Georgetown, then danced the summer time night time away. 5 years later, Ameet shocked Ellen with a proposal at his place in Arlington, adopted by a small ceremonial dinner with shut mates at RPM Italian to have a good time.
For his or her June wedding ceremony, they are saying they needed a traditional, elegant wedding ceremony with symbolic traditions, cultural celebration, household, and neighborhood. Finally they are saying the celebration included greater than every week of actions and 5 occasions together with as a lot as they might from every of their Eritrean and Punjabi cultures, together with conventional apparel and a gourmand fusion menu.
Ellen’s favourite particulars have been their vow change and sand ceremony, which she says captured the essence of their love in a private manner; Ameet says his favourite components have been the inclusion of Sikh and Eritrean traditions. “Sikhs and Eritreans are warriors with frequent values of justice, neighborhood, and dedication to freedom and sovereignty,” he says. “Ellen and I come from cultures surrounded by historical past and significance. We’re blessed to hold them ahead.”
Wedding ceremony favors included 360-video and picture sales space pictures for friends, plus conventional Punjabi sweets, care packages, and extra.
After the marriage, the newlyweds honeymoon in Bali. See the pictures from their large day beneath.
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Amy leads Washingtonian Weddings and writes Type Setters for Washingtonian. Previous to becoming a member of Washingtonian in March 2016, she was the editor of Capitol File journal in DC and earlier than that, editor of What’s Up? Weddings in Annapolis.
