Cultural Rituals In The Ghanian Culture

My parents are from Ghana, but I was born in America; people refer to me as “Americanized.” Other than being able to speak the language, Twi, I have never really been into the Ghanian traditions or any of their cultural rituals that are practiced. A couple of weeks ago, my cousin got married, and, in Ghanian culture, we have what is called a “traditional wedding.” The traditional wedding is completely different from the typical weddings that we are accustomed to. I actually did not plan on attending the wedding ceremony, but, after doing some thinking, I realized that this would be a good idea to go and learn more about my culture and also that this would be a good topic to write about for my experience essay. I am glad that I did not miss out on this great opportunity and I gained a lot of insight from this wedding. Instead of your normal church ceremony, the wedding was held at my auntie’s house because the groom was taking me cousin away from her parent’s house and welcoming her into his house. They were not dressed in the usual wedding attire, but instead the groom wore a custom made African print tuxedo and the bride wore a custom made African print dress. It is a part of our tradition for the groom to purchase gifts for the bride and her family. There were gifts for the bride’s parents, the bride, the bride’s brother, and her …show more content…
As I sat in the wedding, I made sure that world literature was still in the back of my head. After a while, I realized that a lot of our readings and discussions were very relatable to real world situations and I thought of the wedding in a different light. I saw themes of storytelling, religion, and tradition all through most of the wedding. The first and most obvious story that came to mind was Sunjata, the second story was the Hebrew bible, and the last story was the Bhagavad