Jump the broom and smash the glass: this wedding is a cultural kaleidoscope

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Say hello to a new photographer in our Vendor Guide (hi, Amy Ann Photography!) with this gorgeous multicultural wedding in Ohio. Tara and Tayo married each other in Manhattan in early 2013, and they celebrated with family last fall using a mashup of Jewish and African-American traditions. The couple kept the initial part of the celebration small, with only a few loved ones around while they performed a handwashing and signed a ketubah. For the larger ceremony outside, guests faced first one way then the other as they listened to quotes from African-American authors and a traditional Jewish ceremony under the chuppah. The couple finished the multicultural ceremony by jumping a broom and breaking a glass.

Tara and Tayo rounded out the evening with a Hora (you've got to see the look on Tayo's face, you've got to) and a completely packed house for the Electric Slide. Which is just absolutely perfect.