Unfortunately, while we love your children, we will not be able to accommodate children at our wedding.

The traditional wedding ceremony is a formal affair! Guests are welcomed to wear formal attire from any culture. The couple will be dressed in a beautiful representation of their respective African cultures. Symbolizing royalty, traditional Ghanian fashion is made from kente cloth, a handwoven silk and cotton fabric. Seshoeshoe ("se-shweh-shweh") is the traditional fabric from Lesotho, symbolizing heritage and clan. Both cultural displays from are brightly colored, patterned, or embroidered, along with jewelry to accent the attires.

Traditional Ghanaian weddings typically happen in the Bride's home or another suitable venue. Members of both families will sit across from each other, and spokespersons assigned to each party will engage in friendly chitchat. The bride's family will be seated to welcome the groom and his family, who comes in bearing the items on the marriage list or "aye-yo-dee" gifts. A long line of family members come with gifts in their hands or on their heads. There is a lot of prayer and well wishes, even some friendly 'demands' of the groom and his family in order to secure his bride. One symbolic aspect of Ghana weddings is the bride giving her consent three times when asked for her hand in marriage. This is to demonstrate that she's not been forced into the marriage, and though this dates back many years, modern weddings still participate. The bride is then presented to the groom's family after her acceptance. After the ceremony, a reception with delectible Ghanaian food, music, and dancing follows. The bride and groom will go around the greet their guests and thank them for coming, and customized wedding favors. Guests are welcome to dance to the traditional Ghanaian music, enjoy the local delicacies, and revel in each other's company to celebrate the newlyweds. During the couple's first dance, the groomsmen or other guests will "compete" to throw money at the two at the end of the song. Its a truly exciting affair.

The White ceremony is a black tie affair. Guests are welcomed to wear formal attire from any culture.

For our out-of-town guests, we encourage you to visit the TRAVEL page on the website to check out options for best airports, hotel blocks reserved and other helpful information. Guests are welcome to drive and park at each ceremony venue, there will be plenty of parking. For the White ceremony on Sunday, there will be complementary shuttle service to and from the Leesburg hotel blocks and the Bluemont venue for out-of-town guests.

We have blocked hotel rooms near the venue for each ceremony. Check out the TRAVEL tab for more details. Please note that the hotel block for the Sunday ceremony is about 25 minutes away and is the most convenient option to the remote Bluemont venue. There will be a shuttle arranged to transport out-of-town guests from the Leesburg hotel blocks to Bluemont.