The coolest thing about #DestinationWeddings

I LOVE weddings not only for the meaning of them in a persons life,

but for bringing together cultures and traditions.

This is the story of

My best friend's wedding in Cancun.

(a few years ago)

Picture this:

Andrea (Mexico) and

John (Canada) fall in LOVE.

They decide to bring together friends and family in an amazing

2 day wedding on the BEAUTIFUL beaches of my home town.

And what a surprise half of the guests on Juanito's family

(we call him Juanito which is Johnny in spanish)

are from Jordan.

And this s how

The " ZAFEH " tradition came into my life.

The bride gets to hold 2 candles

The "Zafeh"

is a tradition in weddings in Palestine ,

Lebanon , Syria and Jordan

Yes I was blonde before I turned into a redhair

So Andrea tells me ok get all the girls and we will

meet outside the ballroom

So then we go outside

and all the women are standing in line

so they say get in line

grab a candle

Her amazing Mother in law

tells us: ok we will light the

candles and just enter the room singing

and walking all the way to the dance floor

There Juanito was already waiting with all the men

They take Andre and put her on a chair and they

did the same with Juanito

Then we all danced to their Arabic amazing

music and it was just the cherry

on the pie.

I said Andrea get me the name of this

tradition I have to do it on my wedding.

Who would of thought we where going

to live this amazing experience

in a wedding in Cancun

whit a Mexican and a Canadian

AMAZING what we can learn from

destination weddings

THIS WAS A GREAT ICE BREAKER

SO WE COULD ALL JOIN THE PARTY

AND IT WORKED OUT PERFECTLY

WE NEVER LEFT THE DANCE FLOOR AND THE PARTY

KEPT GOING FOR HOURS!!!!