Search results
Results from the WOW.Com Content Network
Examples of traditional marriage customs within Africa can be seen when analyzing the Yoruba people of Nigeria. The Yoruba integrate many traditional Yoruba marriage customs (such as arranged marriages and bridewealth) into their Christian and Islamic ceremonies. [11]
Over human history through modern times, the practice of arranged marriages has been encouraged by a combination of factors, such as the practice of child marriage, [29] late marriage, tradition, [30] [31] culture, religion, poverty and limited choice, disabilities, [32] wealth and inheritance issues, politics, social and ethnic conflicts.
Before ever getting married there are two types of mate selection that may occur with the couple: (1) miai, or an arranged marriage and (2) ren ai, or a love match. [39] The Japanese bride-to-be may be painted pure white from head to toe, visibly declaring her maiden status to the gods. Two choices of headgear exist.
Rexford recently published “Arranged Marriage: The Dilemma of an African Girl,” which details her own arranged marriage more than 30 years ago in Ghana. Rexford is using the book as a ...
The Mareko tribe has its own traditional wedding customs. Women get married aged 15–17, men, 16–20. This tribe has eight different types of weddings. Tewaja means an arranged wedding, Alulima is an accidental wedding, Shokokanecho is where the man goes to the bride's house with his friends and takes her by force.
Among the Mundugumor, arranged marriages were the most common and widely accepted way of creating a husband and wife bond. [4] All arranged marriages in Mundugumor culture involved familial ties and acceptance. Marriages were formed around brother-and-sister exchange. This exchange caused brothers to have pre-emptive rights over their sisters ...
There are several marital property regimes which can apply to a marriage in South Africa. By default, if a couple does not sign an antenuptial contract before the marriage, they are married in community of property, which means that all of their assets and liabilities (even those acquired before the marriage) are merged into a joint estate, in which each spouse has an undivided half-share.
Hausa traditional marriage is not as expensive as other forms of marriage in Nigeria. [2] Hausa traditional marriage is based on Islamic or Sharia law. [3] In this tradition, a man seeks his parents' consent when he finds a woman he intends to marry. [citation needed] After the parents have given their consent, the other marital rites follow suit.