African American Weddings, mix your heritage with a modern wedding ceremony

African American marriages: are unique, personal and individual. With more than 800 ethnic groups in Africa, each with their own traditions, several different religions, including the Catholic, Protestant, Muslim, Hindu, Baha?i, etc., several languages including Arabic, Swahili and Hausa, it would be very wrong to generalize. The only generalization that can be safely is that there is no such things as traditional African American marriages. It is important for individuals to do their own research on their African heritage, before designing their own marriage.

Commonalities in African American marriages:

Having said that it is wrong to generalize, there are four major common features which appear again and again, as follows, and the broom? ?jumping:

- Offering A Libation: is the opening and the pouring of wine before well wishers, to call on Africa ancestral hero to testify to the marriage.

- Union: the marriage of individuals of two families, and not two. Sometimes, it represents the marriage of the two communities.

- ?Yoruba?: is a very spiritual service that starts a month before an African marriage. As a result it tends to be a very spiritual marriages African-American base.

- Public celebration: an African marriage is a community event. Yet once, as a result, enthusiasm tends to overflow with great family and community gatherings in America.

- The broom jumping: East of North American origin. Slaves were not allowed to marry, so a tradition of jumping the broom was established to celebrate the union of the couple. The broom is symbolic of sweeping poorly.

Customize your wedding:

This is where your research. You can choose to embed your language tribal, equipment, tools and symbols and music your American marriage. Other aspects that you can choose to ignore, such as the provision of a dowry, circumcision and cannibalism! Here are a few examples:

-the Zulu?s of the South Africa are renowned for their beaded dress
-the Himba Namikia have headgear special matrimonial leather
- Chew (Chinyanja or Nyanja) of Zambia, Malawi and Botswana, speak of the Bantu. ?Zilombo? (masked dancers) dance ?Gule Wamkulu? a ritual dance.
- Amhara of Ethiopia insisted that the bride must be circumcised before marriage. ?Mize? (best men) hold the bride down while she is deflowered. If the groom is not able to perform the Mize can do for him.
-the Fang of Gabon are best known for their masks and their guardian figures. They depict figures of wooden boxes containing bones of ancestors.

In my view, that it is important to know your heritage. It is important for your health, to pass on to your children, but also a sense of who you are.

African-American weddings

African-American weddings