Today Was Awesome: I Gave My Younger Sister Out To A Man Of Her Choice

Today, I gave my sister out to a man of her choice. We celebrated the traditional marriage so beautiful and portable without stressing my inlaw.
I took off from my house yesterday and arrived late at night just to attend my sister's traditional marriage.

Traditional Marriage is just an act of paying dowry to the family of the bride. This is the accepted way of marriage and even the Bible accept this type of marriage. Although, my younger sister will tomorrow so the wedding ceremony in the church. So, a whites wedding comes after the traditional wedding only if there is money to settle that side.

I my culture, before the groom comes to the bride's family, he has to see some people ranging from the parents of the wife to be, the siblings of the wife to be, the eldest son and daughter of the family of the bride. He also has to see some of the members of the bride family including the paternal and the maternal families. This has been settled by the husband to be. Without these people agreeing to the marriage, the marriage cannot hold. If just one person is not available and cannot be reached, the marriage cannot hold.

So, it was done in my dad's large parlour and so, we experienced darkness in the parlour.
The husband and the wife had to dress in the same attire which follows our culture.

We entertained the family of my inlaw with lots of drinks which they, in turn, gave us double of what we have to them to tell us the reason for their coming. It was so much interesting. After this period, the bride and the groom will be called out for a drink which the man will drink and remain for his wife, the wife will also sip a little and remain the rest from her husband.

Then, in proper, we began to ask them to present everything in the list they were given. Indeed my in-laws came prepared. They brought each item one by one until it got to the aspect of the dowry. Do you know how much they paid for my sister to be theirs? The groom paid just #300 ($0.6) as the dowry. I was laughing when I saw the money, but it is culture and what they have been paying right for ages, although, before now, during our forefathers, they always pay anything called 3. They can only add zero or zeros to it or else, the 3 must stand.

I had fun today because it is the first time I will be sending my sister off. I have been attending people's traditional marriage, but then my turn was so splendid and portable. The arrangement was not too big, but portable. It was well organized.

After everything, the Community gave them a certificate which they both signed. In place of my dad, my elder brother signed since my dad is late and we are preparing for the burial.

We also have the certificate which we all signed as well.

So, for once, I have given my sister out for marriage. Wow...I'm so happy and today seems great to me. I will be embarking on the journey back home tomorrow as the place I live is a little far from home.

Feed your eyes...

It was great giving her out to a good husband and the man she loves so much.

This was how I spent my weekend...
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