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A Maasai Ceremony in Kenya

If you are looking for a destination wedding location that is very different and unique, then consider a traditional Maasai marriage ceremony.

By Shelley Waugh
MAASAI MARA, Kenya
Imagine donning traditional tribal regalia for a communally celebrated ceremony in one of the small villages near the Maasai Mara game reserve, complete with dances and chanting. For a large wedding with guests, the ceremony becomes elaborate. A goat is slaughtered and the groom is taken off to drink a locally made beer with the men. He then has to pay the bride’s father a bride price – a nominal cow (as opposed to the several cows called for by Maasai tradition).

Village women, meanwhile, take the bride to get ready for the ceremony, singing to her all the while. Maniago can arrange to have a lovely white or tan bride’s outfit made with Maasai beading on it, over which the bride wears the beaded marriage necklace and khanga. Joyful singing, chanting and dancing accompany the traditional union, as the guests join in. The groom then has to prove himself a worthy warrior and husband by participating in the jumping competition with other young morans (warriors) ... read more/

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TRAVELLING BY MOTORCYCLES

Getting to Dubai has really been a trip for Canadians Ruby and Mike from Calgary, Alberta. In 2006 they travelled on motorcycle to United Arab Emirates, Oman, Yemen, Egypt, Jordan, Syria, Lebanon, Turkey, Bulgaria, Greece, Albania, Montenegro, Croatia, Slovenia, Serbia, Bosnia & Herzegovina, Romania, Hungary, Austria and Germany.

On February 20, 2006, the couple were married in Dubai, (UAE), where they exchanged Titanium wedding rings engraved with the words "Grow old along with me, the best is yet to be. Mo Anam Cara," that will tie them together forever ... read more/

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