ZULU WEDDING

Zulu wedding
The Zulu in Africa wedding takes many forms and shapes. In those weddings usually the bride changes her dress more than three times on her wedding day because she has to show off to her in-laws how beautiful she is in different dresses and different colors.
Although it isn’t a Zulu custom for the bride to wear the white wedding dress, nowadays brides prefer to do this. The Zulu wedding takes place at the church, and during this time the bride is wearing white. After church the wedding ceremony occurs at the bridegroom’s property. The bride changes in to traditional outfit. During this ceremony the family of the groom slaughters a cow to demonstrate that they accept the bride inside their home. During the traditional wedding the parties from your bride and the groom’s facet compete through Zulu dance and songs. The bride puts money into the stomach of the cow as you move the crowd looks on. It is a sign that she is now section of the family. In Zulu parties the wedding ceremony ends with the bride giving gifts in the form of blankets to her brand new family, including the expanded family. This tradition is termed “ukwaba”. The family cover themselves with the blankets in an open up area where everybody might find. Even the long-deceased close relatives receive gifts and are represented because of the living ones. The spectators ululate, shout, and dance for the family.

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