Gordon and D'Shanna's Wedding in Cozumel, Mexico

The story of our wedding

We had a destination wedding in Cozumel Mexico. We had a Shamen perform a Mayan wedding ceremony on the beach. I wanted the decor to be minimal and natural so we did palm leaves on the Arbor & a rug along the aisle. The wedding ceremony was interactive & the wedding guests surrounded us in a circle & participated in the ceremony. They all raved it was an amazing ceremony.

Our Shamen called in the Ancestors & the elements. We were blessed and then we made promises and tied a knot on a shared piece of string for each promise. This was then burned. We then ate a bit of tamale that the Shamen's wife made. It was then passed around for everyone to have a bite. We then shared a bit of habanero & chocolate to symbolize passion & patience in our marriage. Our love tree was blessed & given to a guest to watch over. Afterwards we walked to ocean to make promises of what we want to bring into our relationship & threw roses into the ocean. We then returned to the alter & our dug a hole where we buried the habenero, chocolate, the remenents of the fire used in the ceremony. We were instructed to plant our love tree before we left.