Afican weddings are meant to be a family affair and those involves in the combination of two lives, two families. There are many different wedding traditions in the African continent and non of them are exactly alike. However, in all wedding the bride plays a very special role and is treated with respect because African believe that a bride is a link between the unborn baby and the ancestors.
A bride is treated with respect because she might eventually bear a very powerful child. In some areas of East Africa the grooms family would even move to the brides village and set up a whole new house there.
There are many types that take place before marriage. Starting at a very young age where training takes place in how to be a suitable parter. Girls has go to circumcision schools where women teach them what is involved in marriage and in some ethnic groups even learn secret codes and languages so that they can communicate with other married women many times. In the Wolof tribe there is even a time when the elders of the village gather with the bride and give advices and gifts.Weddings can be very elaborate, involving feasting and dancing for days within a community, they can be very simple, or they can even be performed in huge marriage ceremonies involving many different couples.
The village wedding of Nigerians The video is about a couples of Nigerian from Africa. From this video, you can see their culture of how they celebrate a wedding.
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