Ethiopian Wedding Traditions

wedding traditions are not standard throughout the world, and they vary enormously. Some wedding traditions appear strangely different people from different backgrounds, while others are standard.

in Ethiopia, as well as Toronto, the parents of the groom and bride are often organized by a Christian marriage, and they include a lot of negotiations. There are many such calls in which the parties can not come to a consensus on various issues. At the time of marriage takes place, the bride is expected to be a virgin in accordance with their cultures and traditions. If the bride was a virgin until she marries, it will bring a lot of shame on the family as the bride's virginity is considered a high value and pride in a Christian marriage. It symbolizes purity, and patience on the part of the bride. In particular, rural women tend to marry at the tender age in relation to their husbands.

Unlike Toronto wedding custom in Ethiopia was initially for the groom to wait until younger than thirty for him to marry. This is done in accordance with the biblical example of Jesus, where he began his public ministry at the age of thirty years. As per tradition, the groom's parents to take responsibility of getting their son's bride. This is very different from the Toronto weddings. To ensure that there is no chance that the family of blood relatives, the groom's parents participate in the investigation before you contact the bride's parents. After an investigation through and it does not matter, the groom's parents continue to make contact through intermediaries with prospective bride's parents. This potential mediator visits the bride's home and asked her parents if their daughter will marry the other parent's son.

Often the bride's parents impose conditions and broker takes the message to the groom's parents to arrange a meeting at the award that is mutually convenient for both parties. If both parents to achieve a positive agreement, men and women are considered bave.Roditelji all wedding expenses concerned so that they set the date vjenčanja.Prvi put the bride and groom ever eyes on one other on their wedding day. This is similar to the majority of Toronto weddings. Both sets of parents to invite guests and prepare foods and drinks for them. The groom has to go take your future to get out of her matrimonial home. At the wedding ceremony filled with song and dance, as well as the Toronto ceremony, the groom receives a dowry from the bride's parents usually in the form of cattle and money.

When the ceremony ends, the groom to the bride to his parents' home where he had three days to the bride's virginity. Depending on the economic possibilities of the groom's parents honeymoon can last from one week to three months at the groom's parents' house where the best man or men to follow. After that, go to the brides 'parents' house for some time, along with the best man / men. While on the honeymoon, the bride can come out after sunset, but not per day.