{"id":13990,"date":"2021-08-23T18:32:43","date_gmt":"2021-08-23T18:32:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/justari.goodgallery.com\/blog\/?p=13990"},"modified":"2021-08-27T04:03:57","modified_gmt":"2021-08-27T04:03:57","slug":"traditional-laotian-wedding-san-ramon-ca","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/justari.com\/blog\/traditional-laotian-wedding-san-ramon-ca\/","title":{"rendered":"Lela + Tomas | Traditional Laotian Wedding | San Ramon, CA"},"content":{"rendered":"

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\u201cEuy\u201d is a Lao word that means, “Big sister.” When you call someone who is not related to you by blood, Euy, it is a sign of respect to that person. When I first met the mother of the bride, La, over a decade ago, I had so much respect and admiration for her due to her philanthropic work with the Jai Lao Foundation.\u00a0 <\/span>With La\u2019s kind and inviting heart, I immediately regarded her as my Euy, my big sister. Over the years, I\u2019ve watched her inspire others, especially the Laotian community with her generosity and promoting Lao culture through her love of Lao food. I\u2019ve also been able to watch her kids grow up through social media and even had the honor of photographing their family a couple of times. I was so honored and excited to be chosen and invited to document one of her kids’ most special days. Lela and Tomas’ Laotian-inspired wedding took place in the backyard of Lela\u2019s childhood home in San Ramon, CA. La, who helped organize and plan this wedding, wanted to celebrate their Lao heritage and traditions by showcasing it through the details and intricacies of the wedding from the Laotian attire to the elaborate food displays.\u00a0 The wedding was immersed in Lao details but nothing screamed louder than the love that I captured in the pictures between Lela and Tomas and the warm support of that love from their family and friends. Please enjoy these set of photos and let me know what you think!\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Wedding photographer:\u00a0ARI SIMPHOUKHAM PHOTOGRAPHY
\n<\/span><\/a><\/span>Videography:\u00a0@mokphotoandfilms
\nCoordinator:\u00a0Gina Wong
\nDJ & Lighting:\u00a0DJ Shant
\nFlorist: Sachi Florist
\nPhoto Booth: Pix Co
\nRentals: AM Rentals
\nCake:\u00a0Gina Veazy
\nFruit Carving: Chanh Leo & Friends
\nBuffet Tablescape: Annee Lund
\nPapaya Salad Station: Lin & Pom
\nBBQ Grill: Tali
\nPho Station: Mommy & Melissa
\nKanom Koke Station: Annee & Mary
\nBeverage Bar: Daddy
\nSeafood Boat: Tongan Family
\nLao Food & Desserts: Various Lao Home Cooks
\nKitchen Coordinator: Joy Chai
\nReception Crew: Friends of Bride’s Mommy
\nSuit:\u00a0\u00a0@perfectlysuited
\nDress:\u00a0@pritchettbridal
\nLao Cultural Attire: Mouky Psa & Bellamy Phongmany
\nMUA and Hair Stylist:\u00a0@josieee_p
\nPerformances by\u00a0@chinaly, Jasmine & Vika<\/p>\n

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The mother of the bride, La, doing her best not to cry. This Lao baci ceremony was very special to her because she’s very proud to be able to celebrate her culture and give her daughter a wedding she always dreamed of. Lela is first of her kids to get married. It’s a beautiful thing.
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Tomas is Colombian and Lela is Lao. Tomas paid homage to both their heritage with custom cufflinks of both countries map.
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The flower boy was so cute, one of the guest just had to pinch his cheeks. I’m not sure he liked it though.
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I was able to capture one tear drop just beginning to form on Tomas. There were no dry eyes during their ring ceremony.\"\"\"\"\"\"\"\"\"\"\"\"\"\"\"\"\"\"\"\"\"\"\"\"\"\"\"\"\"\"\"\"\"\"\"\"\"\"\"\"\"\"\"\"<\/p>\n

\"\"\"\"\"\"\"\"\"\"\"\"\"\"\"\"A surprise performance by their Tonga family from Alaska.\u00a0\"\"\"\"\"\"\"\"<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

\u201cEuy\u201d is a Lao word that means, “Big sister.” When you call someone who is not related to you by blood, Euy, it is a sign of respect to that person. When I first met the mother of the bride, La, over a decade ago, I had so much respect and admiration for her due … Continue reading “Lela + Tomas | Traditional Laotian Wedding | San Ramon, CA”<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":666668,"featured_media":14149,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[27],"tags":[111,113,115,255],"class_list":["post-13990","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-weddings","tag-lao-wedding-photographer","tag-laotian-food","tag-laotian-wedding","tag-traditional-lao-wedding"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/justari.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13990","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/justari.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/justari.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/justari.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/666668"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/justari.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=13990"}],"version-history":[{"count":18,"href":"https:\/\/justari.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13990\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":14193,"href":"https:\/\/justari.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13990\/revisions\/14193"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/justari.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/14149"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/justari.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=13990"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/justari.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=13990"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/justari.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=13990"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}