The Art of Being Celebrated

by Karim Maida

“Your story deserves a celebration unlike any other.”

For who you are.

For you. For someone you love. Four ways to make it unforgettable.

It begins with you, or with someone you love: what you have lived, who you love and how this moment should feel. Everything else takes shape around that story.

Spices Ceremony

Your life, reflected back to you through spices and story.

The people closest to you choose the spices, memories and stories that name you best. An intimate ceremony, complete as it is and ready to be booked.

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A Celebration

Your ceremony at the heart of something larger.

The ceremony can become the heart of a dinner, a party or an entire weekend. Venue, chef, music, invitations and personal objects all take shape around the same story.

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Something of Your Own

A celebration that could belong to no one else: you.

Your story, references and world become an original encounter, created once and entirely around you. Simple or extravagant, it will be uniquely yours.

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Celebrant

Your moment, held with presence and intention.

Non-religious ceremonies for weddings, unions and farewells, written and officiated so your story, your bond or the person you are remembering can be recognised in every word.

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You can also choose a cacao ceremony or a more introspective, personal gathering, created alongside facilitators of mindfulness and complementary practices for intimate groups or larger communities at festivals and retreats.

Spices Ceremony

A life told through the language of spices.

For millennia, spices crossed deserts and oceans. They healed, perfumed temples and transformed a table. Here, they become a way for the people who love you to say: you matter.

The people around you work the same way. One sweetens, one wakes you, one reveals their strength when the fire comes close. Each brings something different; together, they create the taste of a life.

Each spice carries a story. Together, they reveal the life you have created in others.

Karim holding a ceremonial object

Intimate by nature.

You can choose something deeply ritual or beautifully restrained. It will always feel personal.

Duration
Up to a four-hour gathering
Guests
Up to ten guests, and the one we celebrate
The place
A house, a garden, a space: private and warm
Where
Barcelona, and anywhere in the world
Commitment
From €1,100

Everything the ceremony needs.

Every element is prepared for you and ready when the moment arrives.

  • Personal digital invitations for every guest
  • The spices, in ceremonial vessels
  • An altar built for the occasion
  • Candles and sensory elements
  • Guided storytelling through the ceremony
  • Printed ceremonial material
  • A keepsake for you and every guest
  • Bites and drinks after the ceremony

Everything around the ceremony

The ceremony is complete in itself. Every addition is chosen for the meaning and pleasure it brings.

Invitations
Premium physical invitations, sent to every guest.
Personal objects
Bespoke objects created for the celebration.
Private chef
A menu inspired by you, or by the person you are celebrating.
Venue
Sourcing and curation of a setting for the occasion.
Live music
A cello, violin, guitar or another instrument, played live.
Photography
Discreet documentation of the experience.
After
Production of the private celebration that follows.
Travel
Travel and accommodation outside Barcelona are quoted separately.

Each addition is quoted separately.

What remains afterwards.

A small selection of what people have shared after being celebrated. There are many more stories.

Stefan Marcel Gerard
Stefan Marcel Gerard
“The most personal birthday anyone has ever given me.”
Shane Brookman
“Karim designed and organised the event of my dreams and took care of every detail.”
Eda and Santi with Karim
“We knew from the start that we wanted Karim as our celebrant. He made the day ours.”
Karim Maida guiding a ceremony

Your story deserves to be recognised as its own.

The celebrations that stay with you are the ones in which you can truly recognise yourself.

That is what your Codex is for: the people, places, objects and memories that made you who you are, gathered into a celebration that could only be yours.

— Karim Maida

Who is this celebration for?

A few details are enough to begin. You will receive a personal reply with availability and an invitation to a complimentary first thirty-minute call.

How would you like me to reply?

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