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Bride price is legal in Uganda and is the traditional act of the groom paying for his bride with money, cattle, or goods. In 2007, a non-governmental organization brought the issue of bride price to the Constitutional Court citing concerns about the constitutionality of the custom, but the court held the legality of the practice.
Bride price, bride-dowry, bride-wealth, [1] bride service or bride token, is money, property, or other form of wealth paid by a groom or his family to the woman or the family of the woman he will be married to or is just about to marry. Bride dowry is equivalent to dowry paid to the groom in some cultures, or used by the bride to help establish ...
Marriage among the Bafumbira was organised by the parents of the bride and groom. The boy and girl were not aware of the arrangement to marry until the day of marriage. It was a marriage between strangers. They would meet in a room after the wedding. The bride price was a cow. The parents of the girl would respect those of the boy. Burial
Ik people. Ik people in Eastern Uganda, 2020. The Ik people are an ethnic group or tribe native to northeastern Uganda, near the Kenyan border. Primarily subsistence farmers, most Ik live in small clan villages, or odoks, in the area surrounding Mount Morungole in the Kaabong district. Their population is estimated between 10,000 and 15,000.
The 102-year-old bride held her new husband’s hand. The groom, 100, tenderly touched his head to hers. Marjorie Fiterman and Bernie Littman got married on May 19 in Philadelphia, nine years ...
Arranged marriage. Arranged marriage is a type of marital union where the bride and groom are primarily selected by individuals other than the couple themselves, particularly by family members such as the parents. In some cultures, a professional matchmaker may be used to find a spouse for a young person.
Keturah Lydia Kamugasa (died December 20, 2017) was a Ugandan writer and journalist most notable for her weekly column in The New Vision daily, called "Style with Keturah Kamugasa". [1] [2] She was also the editor of Flair magazine, New Vision's Bride and Groom (source flair magazine April 2008 and April 2008 for bride and groom magazine). She ...
The bonde aka Omukwe, Muko (bride's elder brother) is the one who holds the hand of the bride (his sister) and hands her over the aunt of the groom on the give away function. If the bride's elder brother is younger than her, a cousin brother of the bride is the one to hand over the bride.