Welcome your guests with a “taste of Jamaica” basket or calabash, filled with local nutmeg, jerk sauces, coffee, and rum. Nature provides several possiblilities for wedding décor, such as sand, coral, conch shells, bamboo, palms, tropical fish, or flowers from the lignum vitae tree. This “Tree of Life” (so named for its medicinal quality) bears the national flower, a lavender-blue blossom in spring and summer. If you are interested in orchids, contact green castle orchid growers (876-382-7840).

There is nothing like Caribbean music to get a party going. The island is teaming with talented jazz musicians, whom you could hire for entertainment. And of course, no celebration in Jamaica is complete without a little calypso and some reggae. You could even adopt a Rasta theme for your wedding in honor of native Bob Marley.

Celebrate the bounty of the sea and flavors of the island with fresh seafood and spicy meats, ackee and other tropical fruits, coconut, yams and chocolate. To top off the meal, serve rum punch and traditional Jamaican wedding cake. This dark cake is made with rum-soaked dried fruits, such as raisins, dates, currants, and cherries, then, finished with crisp white frosting and flowers. Traditionally slices of the cake are mailed in little boxes to friends and relatives who could not attend the wedding, and the top tier of the cake is kept for the christening of the couple’s first child.

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If you are looking for a fabulous wedding or honeymoon destination in Jamaica, the closest thing to a guarantee of perfection seems to be the Linda Smith seal of approval.

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