Oct 26, 2019
I’m so excited to introduce you to Carly Petracco, who is an American wedding celebrant and founder of the Your European Wedding Celebrant, based in Portugal. In this episode she shares her journey traveling and moving to different countries, and how she had three weddings with her Portuguese husband.
Carly talks about:
- What was her biggest culture shock when learning about different cultural wedding traditions and rituals?
- How does she help intercultural couples create their personalized wedding ceremony that’s not dry, boring, too long and overly formal?
- What do wedding celebrants do beside marrying couples and creating personalized wedding ceremonies?
- What’s the best way to blend (or in her own words, bring together) different cultural traditions together? Should couples have two separate ceremonies, or one blended?
- Differences between legal and symbolic wedding ceremonies.
- Family dynamics and expectations. And how to start your intercultural marriage in the right way?
Carly really helped me understand that in the end, it is really about what you believe in. Religious, legal or symbolic ceremony. It doesn’t matter!
“Yes, marriage is a contract between two people, but I think you can also approach it in a much more beautiful way. And I think you just have a lot more flexibility when doing a symbolic wedding ceremony.”
Carly is very much involved in helping couples who want a personalized wedding ceremony that is really is about the two of them, so she created a few courses that teaches couples to write their wedding vows and speeches.
“How amazing is this job!? People who I've never met are sitting down with me to share incredibly intimate personal stories about themselves and about their love. They're asking me to then be a part of one of the most intimate rituals that we have as a culture, as a people, as a species. That was the moment when I said, okay this is what I want to do! This sort of intimacy is something that I really cherish. It’s a big honor and a responsibility that couples invite me to be part of their day. And I do everything I can to honor that trust.”
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Part 2 of our conversation:https://editvasadi.com/bilingual-ceremonies-carly/
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Connect with Carly:
Website: https://youreuropeanweddingcelebrant.com/
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/yourweddingcelebrant/
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/youreuropeanweddingcelebrant/
Udemy courses: https://www.udemy.com/course/how-to-write-your-perfect-wedding-speech/
https://www.udemy.com/course/how-to-write-your-perfect-wedding-vows/
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SHOW NOTES:https://editvasadi.com/multicultural-ceremonies-carly/
GMM: https://www.gettingmarriedmulticulturally/
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