Category Archives: Marriage CustomsTHE Thuringian youths do their love making on the way home from a village dance, or fair; And a swain puts the momentous question in its boldest form. “Will you have me? “he says. “I should like to marry you.”And, like Mr. Barrie’s Thrums lassie, the Thuringian girl rarely dares to refuse the first man […]
Among the Sinambau Dyaks of Borneo there are ways of courting not unknown in European countries. For instance, when a young girl has taken the fancy of some man, he shows his preference by helping her in her daily labour in a chivalrous manner only too rare in Eastern countries. One day he will carry […]
BEFORE a marriage takes place in Bohemia the two families about to become allied together hold a meeting in order to discuss the terms of the bargain. They sit down at two tables, either in the house of the future bride or some mutual friend, and at last, after much haggling over details, the matter […]
AMONG the the wild aborigines of South Australia and other parts of the continent there are no marriage rites at all, and a wife is obtained either by purchase from her father or brother, or else carried off by main force. As in China, men and women having the same family name are not allowed […]
Arabs entertain no very high opinion of women. They have a saying as follows: Marriage is joy for a month, and sorrow for a life, and the paying of settlements, and the breaking of one’s back (i.E. Under the load of misery), and the listening to a woman’s tongue! “It is not surprising, therefore, to […]
The women of Afghanistan go about unveiled, and a young man may choose a partner for himself without the aid of a match-maker, or even of his parents. If some girl takes his fancy, all he has to do is to cut off a lock of her hair or throw a sheet over her, and […]
The people of Abyssinia make a broad distinction between civil and religious marriages. The former are hardly considered binding, and so can be dissolved on some very slight pretext, while the latter constitute a solemn tie that cannot be broken. The consequence is that only those whose marriages turn out happily bind themselves together for […]
AMONG the Eskimo of Greenland we find “marriage by capture” in full force. Young men in this part of the world are not troubled with romantic views of matrimony, and so do not marry for love, but seek for a strong and healthy partner in life who will not shrink from the severe daily toil […]
Seven Pheras
First Step :
Couple: “With our God as our guide, let us now take the first step to live with honour and respect. Let us walk together so we may get food.”.
Second Step :
Couple: “Let us be happy and enjoy our life. Let us walk together so we may grow together in strength.” […]
The wedding celebration
The bridal procession at an Egyptian wedding gives new meaning to the phrase, “making an entrance.”The bride and groom will arrive at the hotel or wedding hall together (remember, they ? re already married!) in traditional Western attire of white dress and black suit. If they are proceeding from the marriage ceremony at […]
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