{"id":122446,"date":"2016-05-24T13:11:15","date_gmt":"2016-05-24T11:11:15","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/germistoncitynews.co.za\/122446\/african-weddings-that-make-us-go-gaga\/"},"modified":"2016-05-24T13:11:15","modified_gmt":"2016-05-24T11:11:15","slug":"african-weddings-that-make-us-go-gaga","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/germiston-city-news\/lifestyle-news\/entertainment-news\/2016\/05\/24\/african-weddings-that-make-us-go-gaga\/","title":{"rendered":"African weddings that make us go gaga"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3>Nigeria<\/h3>\n<p>It&#8217;s hard to pick out just one thing from a Nigerian wedding, one is caught between the beautiful matching attire, food and the crazy party that is the reception. What makes Nigerian weddings unique are their customs, which include:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Open invitation<\/li>\n<li>One is not enough: Nigerians get to have two weddings a religious and cultural wedding.<\/li>\n<li>Unique traditions: Hausa men have to prove their love to their bride by enduring one\u00a0hundred lashes.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p><div class=\"stream-item stream-item-in-post stream-item-inline-post aligncenter\"><\/div>\n\n<h3>Ethiopia<\/h3>\n<p>Ethiopian weddings are the stuff that dreams are made of-mixing the old with the new, traditional with modern. Here are some of the things that make Ethiopian weddings stand out from the rest:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Rituals: The coffee ceremony is performed at occasions such as weddings. According to <a href=\"http:\/\/www.epicurean.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">epicurean.com<\/a> &#8220;Ethiopia&#8217;s coffee ceremony is an integral part of their social and cultural life. An invitation to attend a coffee ceremony is considered a mark of friendship or respect and is an excellent example of Ethiopian hospitality.&#8221;<\/li>\n<li>\u00a0The Dowry: The dowry given by the groom&#8217;s family \u00a0to the bride&#8217;s family \u00a0can range from livestock, money to other valuable objects.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p><div class=\"stream-item stream-item-in-post stream-item-inline-post aligncenter\"><\/div>\n\n<h3>Morocco<\/h3>\n<p>Moroccan weddings are basically a festival. With all the ceremonies that need to be done the festivities\u00a0can last between three days to a week depending on the family. The following wedding customs and traditions will make you love the Moroccans.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Pre-wedding ceremonies: There are three pre-wedding ceremonies, the first being sending gifts to the bride, the second is called a &#8220;furnishing&#8221; party which takes place five days before the wedding. It is the delivery of furniture and decorations for the bride&#8217;s future home. Lastly the &#8220;milk bath&#8221; is to purify the bride, and she is assisted by other older married women.<\/li>\n<li>Henna or Beberiska Party: The bride gets a henna party before her wedding day which is attended by the women of the family.<\/li>\n<li>Centre of attention: The couple gets carried in a huge chair called the Amariya. Four men carry them around the reception venue for every guest to see and wish the couple well.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n<div class=\"stream-item stream-item-below-post-content\">\n<div class='tenancy_slot tenancy_slot_1 jannah_ad' style='display: none;' data-query-id='2523bbc86c1b2b887c4649b688fe9f9a'><\/div>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>These three African countries give us serious wedding day envy.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7663,"featured_media":122447,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"hasGravity":false,"cxt_article_byline":"Caxton Central","cxt_disable_google_ads":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[5,3686],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-122446","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-entertainment-news","category-lifestyle-news"],"amp_enabled":true,"category_labels":{"Category":"Lifestyle","SubCategory":"Entertainment"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/germiston-city-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/122446","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/germiston-city-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/germiston-city-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/germiston-city-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/7663"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/germiston-city-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=122446"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/germiston-city-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/122446\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/germiston-city-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/122447"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/germiston-city-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=122446"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/germiston-city-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=122446"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/germiston-city-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=122446"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}