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Sierra leone traditional engagement ceremony. Since hearing of his impending adventure i had been itching to get a look at the. The ceremony is not complete until a kola nut is shared between. Birmingham based photographer lee allen spoke to me about his trip out to africa a few weeks before he went in december 2011.
The peninsulas mountain range is covered by tropical rain forests split by deep valleys and adorned with impressive waterfalls. Holidays observed in the country include the christian celebrations of christmas and easter and the muslim festivals of id al fir which marks the end of ramadan id al aa which. Initiation into these societies is a rite of passage.
Nigeria ghana sierra leone cameroon and senegal are among the nations in west africa. The colony was established by the british supported by abolitionists under the sierra leone company as a place for. A christian wedding happens when the bride and the groom are christians or the wife has already accepted the mans religion.
This video is a must see it shows the engagement of don cherry but its not any normal engagement but a traditional sierra leonean engagement which is a f. The wedding reception might be fully separated as well with different rooms for men and women or partially separate with a partition down the middle or men and women at different tables. West african wedding customs.
However if the girl does not agree to choice when she is of age she has the opportunity to refuse marriage to the young man that is not necessarily to marriage altogether. The whole of sierra leone covers some 28000 square miles 72500 square kilometers roughly the size of south carolina. First there is an engagement that can be long term 6 months to 1 year or short term.
In terms of destination wedding choices i doubt many of you are considering sierra leone but i guess that is what makes todays wedding so different and so very interesting. Krio people is an ethnic group in sierra leonethe sierra leone creole people are descendants of freed african american west indian and liberated african slaves who settled in the western area of sierra leone between 1787 and about 1885. The sierra leone creole people krio.
Traditional weddings in sierra leone facts among the mende people a boys family can choose a future wife for him from childhood. According to custom the wife takes the husbands religion. The poro society for men and the sande society for girls play an educational role in village culture.
Even though they differ in their wedding traditions a wedding starts when a man is able to assemble enough bride price often a mixture of money and other gifts to give to the prospective bride and her family.
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