{"id":191966,"date":"2017-08-14T01:31:20","date_gmt":"2017-08-13T15:31:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/content.easyweddings.com\/au\/real-weddings\/home-and-away-alexandra-and-kamsens-south-african-wedding\/"},"modified":"2024-03-08T12:06:31","modified_gmt":"2024-03-08T01:06:31","slug":"home-and-away-alexandra-and-kamsens-south-african-wedding","status":"publish","type":"au-real-wedding","link":"https:\/\/www.easyweddings.com.au\/real-weddings\/home-and-away-alexandra-and-kamsens-south-african-wedding\/","title":{"rendered":"Home and away: Alexandra and Kamsen’s South African wedding"},"content":{"rendered":"

Destination weddings<\/a> can be challenging when it comes to having all your loved ones attend. But for Alexandra Staley and Kamsen Rajah, the lure of a South African adventure made it easy to get guests on board!<\/p>\n

The Sydney-based\u00a0pair, aged 29 and 33 respecitvely, officially tied the knot on December 9, 2016, in a registry office ceremony at Manly Courthouse. They then took along 55 of their closest Australians for a month-long tour of South Africa, including their wedding day on January 7, 2017 with 260 guests. A cocktail celebration in Melbourne (where the couple originally met at work) followed a month later, with a 110 friends and family.<\/p>\n

The South African celebration at Greyville Racecourse in Durban was a two-day Tamil Hindi wedding. \u201cWe all embraced the Indian culture and wore traditional clothes,\u201d explains the bride. \u201cKamsen is a South African native \u2013 his family relocated to Australia in 1999.\u201d<\/p>\n

The Melbourne wedding at Brighton Yacht Club represented a more Western feel, with a traditional white gown for the bride. \u201cI purchased a chiffon A-line wedding dress with pearl and crystal belt from Brides of Beecroft<\/a> \u2026 when I held a bouquet and popped on a veil, I locked eyes with my mother and we instantly burst into tears,\u201d explains Alexandra.<\/p>\n

The couple\u2019s honeymoon included a two-day safari with family and friends in Africa, as well as an adventure in Dubai and Abu Dhabi with their best friends.<\/p>\n

Photos courtesy of Orobella Studios<\/a>\u00a0and BLM Photos<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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Living in two different states when they first met, Alexandra and Kamen’s relationship started out long distance. “I eventually moved from Melbourne to Sydney and we moved straight in together” says Alexandra.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

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The entire bridal party was decked out in traditional<\/a> Hindu dress from South African boutique, Mem Saab.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

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Halfway through their Hindu celebration, the couple changed into their western outfits for more photos and speeches.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

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On February 10, 2017\u00a0Alexandra got to wear her Brides of Beecroft<\/a> wedding gown a second time!<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

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Melbourne photographer\u00a0BLM Photos<\/a> was there to catch beautiful bayside images.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

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https:\/\/vimeo.com\/201993421<\/p>\n

Video by Orobella Studios<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":19,"featured_media":191968,"parent":0,"template":"","au_real_wedding_category":[6856],"au_real_wedding_tag":[8249,6943,6954,6964,7287,8248,7145,7149,7961],"au_real_wedding_style":[9005,9003],"au_real_wedding_location":[13053,9072,9027],"au_real_wedding_setting":[9019],"au_real_wedding_colour":[10572,10575,10582],"au_real_wedding_competition":[],"class_list":["post-191966","au-real-wedding","type-au-real-wedding","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","au_real_wedding_category-6856","au_real_wedding_tag-blm-photography","au_real_wedding_tag-cocktail-wedding-2","au_real_wedding_tag-cultural-wedding-3","au_real_wedding_tag-destination-wedding-2","au_real_wedding_tag-gold-wedding-2","au_real_wedding_tag-orobella-studio","au_real_wedding_tag-real-weddings","au_real_wedding_tag-red-wedding-2","au_real_wedding_tag-south-african-wedding","au_real_wedding_style-classic","au_real_wedding_style-modern","au_real_wedding_location-africa","au_real_wedding_location-overseas","au_real_wedding_location-vic","au_real_wedding_setting-waterview","au_real_wedding_colour-blue-wedding","au_real_wedding_colour-gold-wedding","au_real_wedding_colour-red-wedding"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.easyweddings.com.au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/au-real-wedding\/191966"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.easyweddings.com.au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/au-real-wedding"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.easyweddings.com.au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/au-real-wedding"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.easyweddings.com.au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/19"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.easyweddings.com.au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/au-real-wedding\/191966\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":290132,"href":"https:\/\/www.easyweddings.com.au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/au-real-wedding\/191966\/revisions\/290132"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.easyweddings.com.au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/191968"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.easyweddings.com.au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=191966"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"au_real_wedding_category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.easyweddings.com.au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/au_real_wedding_category?post=191966"},{"taxonomy":"au_real_wedding_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.easyweddings.com.au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/au_real_wedding_tag?post=191966"},{"taxonomy":"au_real_wedding_style","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.easyweddings.com.au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/au_real_wedding_style?post=191966"},{"taxonomy":"au_real_wedding_location","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.easyweddings.com.au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/au_real_wedding_location?post=191966"},{"taxonomy":"au_real_wedding_setting","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.easyweddings.com.au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/au_real_wedding_setting?post=191966"},{"taxonomy":"au_real_wedding_colour","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.easyweddings.com.au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/au_real_wedding_colour?post=191966"},{"taxonomy":"au_real_wedding_competition","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.easyweddings.com.au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/au_real_wedding_competition?post=191966"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}