| If you are searching for something very | | | | a couple's commitment in front of others, but it |
| exceptional and unique for your wedding in Africa, | | | | has no religious connotations and is not legally |
| then consider a traditional Maasai marriage | | | | recognized under Kenyan law. Visitors can |
| ceremony in the Masai Mara National Park Kenya | | | | organize for a civil marriage at Kenya government |
| Africa. Imagine donning traditional tribal regalia for | | | | offices or have the district commissioner from |
| a communally celebrated ceremony in one of the | | | | the nearest town carry out a formal marriage, |
| small villages near the Maasai Mara game reserve, | | | | complete with certificates. |
| complete with dances and chanting. African Safaris | | | | For the couple who are on honeymoon in Kenya, |
| and Adventures the travel & tours experts | | | | and wish to have an extra memory, we can |
| in the East African can arrange for a luxury bush | | | | arrange for a small private traditional ceremony in |
| wedding that will make your wedding day an | | | | which the bride is adorned with colorfully |
| unforgettable one. | | | | patterned khanga (cloth) and a beaded marriage |
| For a big wedding with guests, the ceremony | | | | necklace, while the groom is dressed in a shuka |
| becomes elaborate, a goat is slaughtered and the | | | | (man's cloth) and given a stick (rungu) to denote |
| groom is taken off to drink a locally made beer | | | | his manhood. These are bestowed by the village |
| with the men. He then has to pay the bride's | | | | elder and one of his wives. For the newly wedded |
| father a bride price - a nominal cow (as opposed | | | | husband there is no getting away from the |
| to the several cows called for by Maasai tradition). | | | | jumping competition even on this occasionas part |
| Village women, meanwhile, take the bride to get | | | | of its Maasai wedding package, African Safaris |
| ready for the ceremony, singing to her all the | | | | and Adventures arranges for accommodations at |
| while. | | | | luxury lodge and safari tented camp in Masai Mara |
| We can arrange to have a lovely white or tan | | | | the scenic reserve, as well as transportation for |
| bride's outfit made with Maasai beading on it, over | | | | the guests to and from the village for the |
| which the bride wears the beaded marriage | | | | ceremony. After the ceremony the honeymoon |
| necklace and khanga. Joyful singing, chanting and | | | | continues within the Maasai Mara itself or |
| dancing accompany the traditional union, as the | | | | extension in Mombassa, Malindi or Lamu Island. |
| guests join in. The groom then has to prove | | | | African safaris and Adventures is specialized tour |
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| The traditional ceremony is a public celebration of | | | | |