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Marie Cannizzaro

Marie Cannizzaro is a freelance writer who has written for Business 2.0, Dow Jones VentureWire, and Stanford Magazine.  A recent graduate of Stanford University, she authored a successful dating blog in college and is currently the executive editor of SassyBean.com.  She can also be seen in the Lifetime reality show "Matt Titus."  Recently her best friend from college (and boyfriend of 9 months) asked her to marry him. You can read about her wedding planning adventures in our Wedding Blogs.

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Greek Weddings

If you’re looking for a party, consider attending a Greek wedding.  “Greek weddings are very joyful occasions,” says Ilena George, a medical student whose family is Greek.  “There’s a lot of dancing and shouting and general merriment.”

Caribbean Weddings

Just as the people of the Caribbean share a rich history influenced by multiple cultures, Caribbean wedding rituals are a mosaic of Mayan, Christian, and African traditions.

Italian Weddings

When it comes time to celebrate a wedding, the Italians go all out with festivities that begin with a morning mass and end with a reception that often goes well into the next day.  But beyond the general merriment surrounding the occasion, it is extremely hard to pin down a certain custom as uniquely Italian.  Here is a sampling of traditions from all over the country.

Plaid and Pipes: The Traditional Scottish Wedding

Scottish wedding traditions may date back to the thirteenth century, but that doesn’t mean that they are out of style.  Celebrities like Madonna, Stella McCartney, and Ashley Judd chose to be wedded in a traditional Scottish ceremony, and every year Scotland’s national tourism agency fields dozens of requests from international couples looking to tie the knot in one of Scotland’s historic castles.

La Gran Fiesta: Customs of a Traditional Mexican Wedding

Watching a traditional Mexican boda is a bit like studying the history of the country over the past seven centuries.  Rituals informed by the Spanish, Aztec, Native American, and Anglo-American cultures are found throughout the wedding, many of which carry the connotations of years of subjugation and hardship.  But as seriously as these symbolic gestures are treated, the mood of the reception is far from somber.

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