This wedding is, by far, the most exotic and high energy wedding that we’ve seen (and we have seen and been working for at least 300 wedding throughout our 8 years).
This Ethiopian wedding has no speeches or toasts, just dancing from sunrise until 2 a.m.
I have heard of the saying “it takes a village to raise a child” as ancient way of life in African cultures. But, for the first time, I saw it with my own eyes and it’s quite touching in a very ancient, earnest and spiritual way. The couple has not only the real parents, who love them so much, but throughout this wedding we saw their godfathers and godmothers (in their spiritual and culture ways) express such a great love to the couple. They embraced, kissed and cried to each other so much that we thought these godfathers and godmothers were the real parents.
Seeing parents express their love to their children always touches me. But to see these godfathers and godmothers, some not even related to the couple at all, express this great love and passion to the couple is beyond words for me.
If it takes a village to raise a child and get results like these, then I say, so be it. Because when we have this much love and joy flowing around, it surely feels like a little heaven to me.
( Testimonial ) We found Dom on yelp for our wedding on July 30 2011, we loved that he had so many positive feedback from his customers who were happy with the outcome of their videos. We met up with him at his house to discuss the possibility of having him shoot our wedding. He was so kind and passionate about his work and we knew immediately after meeting with him that we wanted him to capture our big day. We are from Ethiopia and weddings are Huge and 15-16 hrs long. The day of the wedding Dom and his staff came on time and they were very professional and all of our guests were impressed by their professionalism. Dom was so much fun to work with and his work is Amazing. Today we met up with Dom to pick up our wedding video and he is still so kind and passionate about his work. We were so happy and touched by his generosity. Our wedding day was 16 hours long and he captured all the special moments ( especially all the dance because we Ethiopians love to dance). We got home and we watched all the DVD that he gave us total of 5 hours and we were Amazed and Happy. His work was beyond our expectation and our wedding was Beautiful and a blast. He captured every aspect of our Ethiopian culture and he did not leave anything that was important to us out of the video. He went above and beyond to capture our wedding day and we are forever grateful for the wonderful memories that he gave us. Dom, we love you and thank you. We highly recommend Dom and his crew to film your wedding because they are the BEST. – Semira
