Moroccan Wedding Theme

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You can have a lot of fun with fabrics - that is, if you're not leaving the look to a team of professionals. Best to start from scratch and hire a marquee, even a real Bedouin tent, or at least hire a simple space like a church hall on which to impose your ideas. Imagine it draped in luxurious silks and velvets, festooned with the colours of the East!

Throw down some rich rugs, perfume the air with incense, and enrich the scene with vivid flowers (fake if you're in the depths of winter). Think velvety shades like crimson, gold, orange, earthy brown and ochre. Bombard your guests with mellow colours, strong scents and strokable textures. Keep lighting low key, and don't forget - your stage set has to be fireproof!

What to eat? Well, vol-au-vents and quiches are definitely inappropriate. Go for a delicious meze of houmous, couscous, spicy stews and falafel, served in individual tagines - the funnel-shaped ceramic crocks used in Morocco - and accompanied by mint tea. Save the wine for later, when the entertainment starts. Seat your guests on big cushions (low stools for the elderly) and use low round tables.

After dining, you can delight your guests with a troupe of belly-dancers or snake charmers, and hire a Moroccan band to provide the music. This is one wedding they'll never forget...

For other suggestions on wedding themes, check out our Wedding Information pages. In fact, no bride should plan their wedding without checking them out as they're an indispensable source of advice, style hints and tips for for that perfect day. And we are adding new articles all the time so don't forget to come back and visit us again.

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