2021

 3rd Annual Event of Celebrating Cultures

"The Wedding" is a three-part project that invited professional artists and members of The Esplanade community to explore what a mixed-culture wedding looks like (PART I), what are the emotional triggers of wedding ceremonies (PART II) and the emotional roller-coaster of wedded life (PART III). Part I was filmed on June 27th as a celebration to Canadian Multiculturalism Day, Part II in July and Part III in October - all filmed as a one-shot, at the heart of The Esplanade community - David Crombie Park.

With Part I of this wedding you will see, we explore different ceremonial traditions, based on the artists and participants' own cultures. Amongst other traditions, we brought together a Brazilian procession, a Chinese tea ceremony, an Indigenous blanket ceremony, and an Albanian shami burning dance. Even though it is now considered normal to recognize each other’s cultural heritage, do we actually celebrate and acknowledge intercultural mixing, and if so, how? Can we bring our cultures together while retaining our cultural traditions, our sense of identity and uniqueness?

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"The Wedding" is an invitation to explore these questions, together.

Check out the full series HERE.

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Produced and presented by:

Jamii Esplanade

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A PROJECT SUPPORTED AND FUNDED BY:

Canada Council for the Arts

Canadian Heritage

Ontario Arts Council

Government of Ontario

ShowLoveTo - City of Toronto

Canadian Stage

St Lawrence Neighbourhood Association

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