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In Tibet:
The bride relatives' put her on a tree and sit under it waiting for her groom who must face the challenge of climbing the tree and escaping by his bride from the hitting of her family, if he succeeded in this, this mean that he gain her parents faith.
In cook island:
The bride walks on the backs of youth in her village until she reaches the place her groom sitting in.
Indonesai: The bride is banned from walking in her marriage day; it’s the responsibility of her father to carry her on his shoulders to her new home even if this home is too far.
In Africa:
The bride in gobos tribe is compelled to perforate her tongue, putting in it the engagement ring, sinking down from the ring a string which allowed her husband to stop her from chatter by pulling down the string.
They thought that this is a good way to get rid of women's chatter, espically in the honeymoon!!!!
In negreto tribe:
In negreto tribe we will find the easiest habit in marriage, the bride and the groomgo to the mayor of their village who only hit their heads by this the marriage is completed (accomplished).

In morytanya
The bride's friends hide her, after that the groom began to search for her, if he searched with grief this means that he loves her very much but if he lags in searching this means that he doesn't love her.
They think that this is a good way measure the groom's love to his bride!!

2006-08-24 03:45:56 · 7 answers · asked by amira m 1 in Society & Culture Mythology & Folklore

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Well, you have to look at things in context. In the old days in America, we had other customs, too!

"The border custom of bridal abduction was introduced to the American backcountry. In North and South Carolina during the eighteenth century, petitioners complained to authorities that "their wives and daughters were carried captives" bv rival clans...."

"Most backcountry courtships (though comparable) were not quite as primitive as this. The strict Protestantism of Scottish and Ulster Presbyterians created a heavy overlay of moral restraint. But many backcountry marriages included mock abduction rituals that kept the old customs alive in a vestigial way. A wedding in the back-settlements was apt to be a wild affair. On the appointed day, the friends of the groom would set out for the wedding in a single party, mounted and heavily armed. They would stop at cabins along the way to fire a volley and pass around the whiskey bottle, then gallop on to the next. Their progress was playfully opposed by the bride's friends, also heavily armed, who felled trees along the road, and created entanglements of grape vines and branches to block the passage of the groomsmen...."

So, as our customs have changed, so might other countries as well. Times and customs do not stand still for any peoples.

2006-08-24 10:14:13 · answer #1 · answered by Yahzmin ♥♥ 4ever 7 · 0 0

Various cultures have their own customs. It all sounds better than the American way of making a show as to how much money you can spend and creating a spoiled bridzilla only to have 50% of them divorce after 2 years and thus makeing a waste of the whole show.

2006-08-25 20:27:46 · answer #2 · answered by diaryofamadblackman 4 · 0 0

Customs that are strange to us because we have such a different background, they evolved for reasons we don't know, but there is probably a very good reason for them in the context of their society.

2006-08-24 03:55:13 · answer #3 · answered by bubu 4 · 0 0

it might be a promotion of a woman's worth....their customs are far different from ours BUT their marriages seem to last the longest...sometihng to think about!

2006-08-24 03:53:37 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 1 0

It is customary for me to weed my garden about once a month. That is my weeding custom.

2006-08-24 04:00:55 · answer #5 · answered by Jylsamynne 5 · 0 0

maybe he should look for her after 3 years lol

2006-08-27 15:25:24 · answer #6 · answered by jyd9999 6 · 0 0

negative.

2006-08-24 07:11:39 · answer #7 · answered by Forgotten Memories 5 · 0 0

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