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Kidnap and Marry
Latwoka , a tribe in Sudan has a very weird marriage tradition.If a
guy wants to marry a girl,he kidnaps her. After kidnapping elderly
people of his family go to girl’s father and ask for her hand. If girl’s
father agrees he beats the guy as a symbol of acceptance and if he
doesn’t agree, the kidnapper marries the girl forcefully.
Now all the girls should thank God, they are not born in Latwoka.
Sharo Tradition
To me Sharo is one of the craziest and most inhuman tradition you can
ever have.Some people in Mali,Nigeria and Cameroon practice this
tradition by publicly beating a boy, who has come of age and wants to
take a wife.Guy is beaten by a challenger and he has to suppress the
signs of pain. If he is able to take the beating successfully he is
declared a real man and if he fails , he simply can not take a wife.
Many people lose their lives while proving their manhood.
Chewa Culture
There is another very disturbing ritual in Africa popular in Chewa
people. When somebody belonging to Chewa culture dies, his relatives
take the dead body to a sacred place, take a knife ,slit the throat
open. They then pour water through to clean the bowels of all filth by
squeezing the stomach to let it all out through the rear, stopping only
when the water is clean.
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Now the worst part is that they use this water to cook the food for rest of the people
.
Circumcision
Many tribes in Africa still follow this scary tradition. For men
circumcision is partial or complete removal of foreskin around the
genitals and for women it is removal of genitals
This is meant to preserve the chastity of women.
Khweta Ceremony
This is another tradition involving boys to prove their manhood and
if they are ready to take a wife.During the ceremony, boys are made to
stay in circumcision lodges during winter where they undergo rigorous
and often fatal tests such as continuous dancing and other exhaustive
activities that often lead to death.
Lobola Tradition
Another tradition related to marriage is Lobola.Families of bride and
groom will be punished if they didn’t agree to this tradition. Lobola
involves negotiation of price that groom will pay to marry the girl.
The Lobola process is often complicated and has certain protocols
that have to be adhered to. For example, although the two families
concerned might have lived next to each other for years, all negotiation
between the parents must be conducted in writing and not by telephone
or by a quick visit. The reason for this seemingly absurd rule is that
although the families might have known each other for years, they do not
know each other on the level of the Lobola exchange. In other words,
they do not know each other at the the level of the seriousness and
sanctity of marriage.
موضوع: Strange African Traditions?