Anguilla Local Customs
7 Local Customs to Enjoy at Your Anguilla Destination Wedding
A destination wedding in Anguilla is nothing short of an experience of a lifetime. However, you can make your Caribbean wedding even more of an event to remember by incorporating local wedding customs into your ceremony. By keeping with local traditions, you can pay respects to Anguillan culture and give your wedding ceremony an exotic, culture-filled flair. Here are 7 local wedding customs that you might want to consider making a part of your Anguilla destination wedding.
1. Instead of carrying just any bouquet during your destination wedding ceremony in Anguilla, consider carrying a bouquet of oleander, cedar, and hibiscus. Fun fact: these three beautiful flowers are all native to Anguilla. You can also have these flowers be used for your bridal pins. There’s no reason to settle for imported roses when you can enjoy the beauty of local flora.
2. Why just have a run-of-the-mill chocolate or vanilla cake served at your wedding when you can have a cake specially made that is unique to Anguilla? A rum fruitcake or black Caribbean rum cake is a wonderful, local variation that could work perfectly as the cake at your destination wedding. The exotic flavor and look of a traditional Anguillan cake is bound to make your wedding stand out in your memories and those of guests.
3. In traditional weddings held in Anguilla, the bride, groom, and guests go by foot to an area where everyone partakes in a communal feast. If you are planning to invite a large wedding group, consider following this simple tradition that was practiced in old time weddings in Anguilla.
4. Anguillan food is delicious to say the least. Speak with your wedding consultant to see if you can arrange to have local culinary arts incorporated into the finger foods and meal served at your wedding reception. Some lovely local dishes you might want to suggest include Anguillan rice and peas and lobster cakes with tartar sauce.
5. Tourism in Anguilla has been very beneficial to the local economy because it has created jobs. However, with it has come pollution, rising prices, and the danger of losing local cultural traditions. To make a positive impact as a tourist for a destination wedding in Anguilla, ensure that your wedding package incorporates local cultural traditions such as a live Anguillan string or steel drum band as the musical accompaniment to your wedding ceremony and reception. Involving the local people helps to boost the local economy as well as preserve beautiful traditions in danger of extinction.
6. If you are interested in having a religious ceremony, consider tying the knot in one of the many charming churches of Anguilla. From small stone churches to beautiful, historic chapels, there is a wide array of churches available for destination wedding guests in Anguilla.
7. If you are interested in learning a thing or two about local Anguillan culture, consider scheduling your destination wedding around a time when there is a local sailing competition. Sail boat racing is a tradition in Anguilla that began many years ago. Anguillans raced their sail boats home when returning from fishing trips. Watching or participating in a sail boat racing competition can be a fun, local activity for you and your wedding guests to enjoy sometime during your destination wedding vacation. The locals in Anguilla love it when visitors take an interest in the local culture.
There’s no doubt that Anguilla is one of the most charming and elegant locations in the Caribbean for a destination wedding. However, why would you want to settle for a ceremony and reception that are the same as those of everyone else who gets hitched in Anguilla? Make sure your Anguilla destination wedding is unique and special by incorporating exotic, local traditions into your ceremony. Most importantly, pay respects to the wonderful Anguillan people and culture with a destination wedding that includes local culture in the mix. |
