In Africa we have a tradition, one of our traditions is knocking at the bride's house before the proper ceremony. Our men are given list of items to meet the requirement for marriage. It is believed that a man that spends money during marriage processes will respect her. We have list for the parents , the community youths , the elders ,the single ladies and the old women. The list is given to the man on the day of knocking in his wife to be house.
The list contains items like
- Yam
- Palm Wine
- Goat
- Clothes
- Tea
*Cigarettes for men - Material for the mother and her inlaws
- Rice
- Soft drink
- Chelsea drink
- And Bride price
Funny enough the bride's price is the cheapest of all . You can #300,000 buying things and end up paying #20 as bride price. In some places the man must pay everything while some because of the cost of things will encourage it can be done gradually .
The young women invites their family and friends to celebrate with her , young ladies who are still singles comes around and help in doing chores. The young men help in going errands the bride is taking care of like a queen . We have
special food served for that particular occasion if the inlaws were able to pay off what is in the list that means next time is going to be only ceremony but if they don't when they come to take the bride price, the will finish what is in the list.
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