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| The wedding preparations included obtaining goats and chickens , making the Monkoyo (a drink fermented for 2 days from roots) |
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| My Bamayo and mother of the bride, Vainess. Since she is a widow, she had to arrange all the bride price, training of the bride, and wedding food herself. There were a number of negotiating parties who came to her house to ask for her daughter and to arrange the conditions. |
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| Some of the bridal party carrying their gifts on their heads. This was a traditional wedding so there was no church service. A truck arrived the night before around 11 pm carrying the young people of the groom's village.They sang and danced and eventually kidnapped the bride who left under a chitenge (cloth) behind her grandmother, who was the accomplice. Together, they were driven back to the groom's village and kept in a separate house. The grandmother was a chaparone to ensure the separation. The bride cooked and cleaned for her in-laws after they paid her. |
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| Here is a guest dancing up to the gift table to leave his present and explain how to use it. The wedding party are seated in front and dressed in western clothes. |
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| Now the bride and groom cut the cake. There are no pictures of the bride's face. She is trained to look down the entire time as a good wife should always be submissive. |
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