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Our wedding represents not just the love that I have for my husband, but is a true representation of the person I am. I’ve been saying if you didn’t know me before the wedding, now you do. It was a mirror of adoration, vocation, and commitment that is present in both my relationship, and my love of design.
The wedding taking place on Day of the Dead presented the opportunity to celebrate my heritage by leaning into the sentiments of what the holiday represents to Mexicans: reverence for family, eternity, and amity. There was a fine line to walk to make sure the design didn’t communicate the morbid, or tacky versions of the holiday. It was imperative to me to include my husbands' Indian heritage – partially done by including Cempasúchil flowers as the main flower because it is culturally significant for both of our cultures. For him, the Hindu symbolism of Surya Dev represented the universe shining brightly on us and the purity of our relationship.
To satiate this challenge, I incorporated hand-drawn Catrinas of us as a part of the table header decoration with an impressionist version of my dress next to my husband who is wearing his Crocs. All the table headers all say "que ni la muerte nos separate" which roughly translates to till death do us part, but I like the literal "may even death not separate us," like the people who have already parted with us walking alongside us. The overall shape of the header is a loose interpretation of a coffin with flower motifs to brighten the design and make it feel the warmth of our love.
