Papillon Weddings specializes in Spiritual Weddings. These are not legally recognized weddings. A spiritual wedding is primarily used to reaffirm your commitment to one another or in a case where you have already signed the marriage papers in your home country and want to have your spiritual ceremony on the island.

Spiritual Ceremonies
Flower Ceremony
Ceremony of Four Elements
Vow Renewal
Commitment Ceremony
Gay and Lesbian Ceremony

Mayan Ceremonies
Spiritual Union (Mayan wedding)
Mayan Vow Renewal Ceremony

Sunrise, Sunset and Full Moon Ceremonies

Civil Weddings
Papillon Weddings can organize a civil marriage for you at City Hall followed by a Spiritual Ceremony which reflects your values and takes place in a picturesque location. Required Documents

All our ceremonies give the couple the opportunity to work with the person who will solemnize their union to personalize, not just the vows, but all aspects of the ceremony.

Spiritual Ceremonies
The Flower Ceremony brings the two of you together in accepting all parts of your personality and uniting them. The couple creates a bouquet of flowers which stands for the beginning of your life together with unlimited potential for natural growth.

The Ceremony of Four Elements honours the four directions and elements as the base of your relationship and as a prayer for a life together in which the material and mental aspects are balanced with the emotional and spiritual ones.

The Vow Renewal Ceremony gives couples who are already married the chance to renew their commitment to one another in a way that reflects their values.

The Commitment Ceremony is for all those who want to create a special ceremony which is not a marriage in the traditional sense. The couple is free to design their own ceremony with the help of our spiritual minister.

Gays and Lesbians are not yet able to marry legally in Mexico. Papillon Weddings is however open to providing all our ceremonies for straight, gay & lesbian couples alike. Gay and lesbian ceremonies while not legally recognized in Mexico can, like all our ceremonies, carry the spiritual weight many couples are looking for.

These ceremonies are conducted by Sabina Tamm, a licensed spiritual minister. Her background as a meditation and yoga instructor and her work as a counselor have given her the necessary preparation and integrity to create and perform your wedding ceremony so that it is meaningful to you. Sabina’s goal is to create a strong foundation for the future of the couple in harmony and alignment with the words, the ceremony and the beauty of nature which surrounds us.

The Mayan Ceremonies
The Mayan culture pervades so much of life on Isla Mujeres and throughout the Riviera. Dating back to around 2600 BC., the Mayan culture is still thriving today. The Marriage ceremony, like so many Mayan rituals, focuses on the spiritual link between the couple and the earth. Our Mayan ceremonies take place on the beach and the bride and groom are dressed in traditional Mayan clothing. The ceremonies are conducted in the Mayan language (written English, Spanish or French translations are provided), which, with its musical sound, brings added romance to the occasion.

Spiritual Union/Mayan Wedding: The Spiritual Mayan Union is a ceremony made up of two stages. The day prior to the ceremony the couple takes part in a Mayan sweat lodge ceremony called the Temazcal. The next day the Spiritual union ceremony is performed in the Mayan language accompanied by traditional songs, dances, and music.

Mayan Vow Renewal Ceremony: Wedding Vows already taken, at least 13 moons (one year) ago, during which time the couple has been living a communal life. The day prior to the ceremony the couple takes part in a Mayan sweat lodge ceremony called the Temazcal. The following day the Mayan vow renewal ceremony takes place (called the Continual Conscience Renovation) accompanied by traditional songs, dances, and music. The earth’s elements also play a prominent role in the symbols around this ceremony.

The Mayan Ceremonies are conducted by either
Moncentlallia Group: Ramsés Stoute (shaman priest), Dana Arabel and Concepción Cordero.

Shaman Ramsés Stoute: is from the "Yaqui-Seri" indigenous group and has received the training, the trust and the responsibility to conduct Traditional Ceremonies; Spiritual Union or Wedding, Initiation ceremonies, Dance, Singing, and Music Circles, Tobacco Circle, Temazcal (sweat-lodge) and to use the Traditional Medicine from this indigenous group as a cultural alternative of "western medicine".

Dana Arabel: Dana has reached the level of "Tziwamaxtiani" (Instructor) of the Continues Mexhika (Tezkatlipoka) tradition, based on the "Nawüi ollin Teotl" (Supreme Balance of Harmony) through almost 13 years of learning and practice of Ceremonial and Warrior Dances, rhythms with traditional instruments, music and chants, the Nawüatl language, Temazkal and introduction to the Mayan Cosmogony.
She is also a graduate of the Center for Choreographic research of Fine Arts (Mexico City) and has participated in various International Arts festivals, creating ancestral dances, which focus on the movement of the Sacred Animals, based on the old manuscripts and ancestral signs. She also uses ancient Mexican steps that are still used in Mexican Culture today. Her role in the Traditional Ceremonies is to bring the essence of the knowledge of the ancestral cosmogony of the Mexican homeland, as well as to balance, harmonize and synthesize the subtle energies used in the rituals.

Sunrise, Sunset and Full Moon Ceremonies
Check your wedding date against our Full Moon Calendar because a night time beach wedding under the bright gaze of the full moon is something special! We can also arrange both Sunrise and Sunset Ceremonies, especially wonderful on Isla Mujeres since the Sun rises on one side of the island and less than 2 km away, sets on the other side.

We can work with you in Spanish, French and English, and our Spiritual Wedding Ceremonies can be conducted in German as well.