Sarah & Amrit's Destination Wedding
Schedule
Thursday, November 2, 2023
Welcome Breakfast & Mehndi Ceremony
9:00 am
DRESS CODE: Summer casual. Think sundresses and button downs. | This event will be in a grassy area, so please choose appropriate footwear that you'll be comfortable in.
We're so thrilled that you're all here in Mexico with us! Join us for breakfast where we can all get together and meet the families who are soon to become one. Following breakfast, we'll begin our Mehndi Ceremony where ladies will get their Mehndi done and men can sit back and relax. Mehndi designs symbolize blessings, luck, joy, and love, and the groom's name is usually hidden in the intricate patterns of the bride's Mehndi.
Friday, November 3, 2023
Rehearsal (wedding party only)
11:00 am - 12:30 pm
The rehearsal is exclusive to the wedding party and the bride and groom's parents and siblings only. Breakfast will not be provided at this event so please eat beforehand. For all other guests, take the morning to relax!
Maiyan & Jaggo
5:00 pm
DRESS CODE: Semi-formal. Bright colours - pink and yellow encouraged. | This event will be on the beach, so please choose appropriate footwear that you'll be comfortable in.
MAIYAN: young ladies from each side will make a rangoli board with coloured rice that creates an image significant to the bride and groom. The bride and groom will sit and hold a tray filled with the Maiyan essentials that will be used for the ritual. Family and friends apply a flour and turmeric paste to the bride and groom's skin to help the skin glow. The mothers will step over the rangoli boards seven times, and then by pouring water onto the rangoli they collect it in their hands forming a paste. The mothers then imprint their rangoli stained hands on the front of their house (in this case, a canvas) signifying that a wedding is about to take place. JAGGO: Jaggo translates to "wake-up". The aim of the Jaggo Ceremony is to make noise and party! During this ceremony, guests will dance with decorative pots on their heads, and decorated sticks will be banged on the floor and against a chaj (a wooden board) until it breaks. Dinner will be served at this event.
Saturday, November 4, 2023
Anand Karaj (Sikh Wedding Ceremony)
8:30 am
DRESS CODE: Formal and Modest. Please wear full length pants for those that do not own Punjabi attire. There will be a station to remove your shoes at the venue, and head coverings will be provided. We kindly ask you to please have a vegetarian breakfast with no eggs or alcohol until the ceremony concludes.
BARAAT: The groom departs from the lobby with his family/friends to parade to the wedding ceremony. Meanwhile, the bride's family/friends wait near the Beach Palapa. MILNI: Both families congregate near the Beach Palapa for the formal introduction of the key family members. The priest recites a prayer then calls the names of the corresponding relations from either side. They meet in the middle and exchange garlands. ANAND KARAJ: Guests enter the Beach Palapa and pay respect to the Guru Granth Sahib Ji (The Holy Book) by bowing down and then taking a seat; ladies sit to the left and gents sit to the right. At the wedding ceremony, the father of the bride takes one end of the groom's palla and places it in his daughter’s hand to hold, symbolizing the father giving away his daughter. The priest recites hymns for the four laavan - vows and teachings that are taken to seal the marriage. The ceremony traditionally concludes before noon.
Lunch
12:00 pm
This is not a private event, but we will have tables reserved in a section of the World Café.
Sunday, November 5, 2023
Symbolic Wedding Ceremony
2:00 pm
DRESS CODE: Beach formal - Dress to impress! Light tones and neutrals encouraged. | Examples: Hers - floor length evening gown, a dressy jumpsuit or a skirt/slacks with a blouse. His - dress pants with a button down shirt or feel free to wear a suit and tie.
The bride and groom's parents and wedding party walk down the aisle and either take a seat or take their places on either side of the altar. The bride makes her entrance escorted by her father who gives her away to the groom by placing her hand in his. The bride and groom will take turns reciting their vows to one another, and a sand pouring ceremony will commence. Wedding rings will be exchanged, and the bride and groom will seal their marriage with a kiss.
Cocktail Hour & Reception
4:30 pm
DRESS CODE: The same outfit worn at the Symbolic Wedding Ceremony, or feel free to change into another outfit if you please (i.e. Punjabi attire).
Please join us for some drinks and refreshments after the Symbolic Wedding Ceremony. Reception will follow at 5:30pm where we'll all come together and celebrate our marriage with speeches, dinner and dancing!