An introduction about the tribe
The Maasai marriage customs and rituals: located in the republic of Kenya
(Africa)
In this particular culture the women seems to be living in the medieval ages forced to get married in some type of way. They are destined to poverty and oppression. A person would be thinking do women still get treated invaluably even after the Feminism move? Unfortunately, yes they do. In 2003 the village started to enroll girls to school for free. But, even with free education only 48% of their women actually attended school and only 10% managed to get to secondary school.
Mostly, Maasai girls will get circumcised at the age of 11 to 13 and soon afterwards married to a man chosen by her father. What is strange in this …show more content…
• Applying Austin’s felicity conditions to the Maasai wedding rituals.
Condition A:
I. Most aspects are provided in the wedding ceremony. As in opposite sex couples and agreed to marry each other. The marriage always takes place outdoors in the wood. And the guests as the only witnesses of the marriage.
II. The conditions required in the tribe are first, to be age appropriate. Second, Brother-sister marriages are extremely forbidden. They’re must be marriage material (puberty age). The age preferred is between (eleven to thirteen) for the females and whatever age for the males. As long as he’s able take care of his wife. The marriage costumes are different from the usual white gown rather colorful and embroidered. Including the Kanga (a special wear for Maasai women). Condition B:
I. Even this rule is not respected totally as mentioned before they do not have any religious beliefs but the father of the bride will be acting as the priest who marries the …show more content…
Brazilians are usually considered true Christians they’ve adopted the Catholic religion long time ago. Actually, they’re following other Christian countries by the wedding rules but with a little uniqueness combing Brazilian culture and Christen traditions. Brazilian folklore are known for their extravagant, Longley prepared and expensive weddings. In fact the bride takes a whole day before the wedding day just to get prepared for the wedding.
Most Brazilian weddings take place at church and then end in a big romantic wedding ceremony.
Brazilian weddings must follow Christian traditions closely especially Catholics. They begin the wedding ceremony by reciting vows to each other told by the minister of the church in Portuguese. Then a Brazilian song or the national anthem is sung immediately before exchanging the rings which are usually inscribed with the names of both of them.
Several things are considered to be superstitions or a sign of bad-luck. For instance, the groom must arrive at the wedding before the bride. He should not see his bride wearing the wedding gown before the ceremony as it is believed to bring bad-luck to the newlyweds. Another believed superstition is that the wedding ring should not be dropped at the ceremony it states that the wedding will
The Maasai marriage customs and rituals: located in the republic of Kenya
(Africa)
In this particular culture the women seems to be living in the medieval ages forced to get married in some type of way. They are destined to poverty and oppression. A person would be thinking do women still get treated invaluably even after the Feminism move? Unfortunately, yes they do. In 2003 the village started to enroll girls to school for free. But, even with free education only 48% of their women actually attended school and only 10% managed to get to secondary school.
Mostly, Maasai girls will get circumcised at the age of 11 to 13 and soon afterwards married to a man chosen by her father. What is strange in this …show more content…
• Applying Austin’s felicity conditions to the Maasai wedding rituals.
Condition A:
I. Most aspects are provided in the wedding ceremony. As in opposite sex couples and agreed to marry each other. The marriage always takes place outdoors in the wood. And the guests as the only witnesses of the marriage.
II. The conditions required in the tribe are first, to be age appropriate. Second, Brother-sister marriages are extremely forbidden. They’re must be marriage material (puberty age). The age preferred is between (eleven to thirteen) for the females and whatever age for the males. As long as he’s able take care of his wife. The marriage costumes are different from the usual white gown rather colorful and embroidered. Including the Kanga (a special wear for Maasai women). Condition B:
I. Even this rule is not respected totally as mentioned before they do not have any religious beliefs but the father of the bride will be acting as the priest who marries the …show more content…
Brazilians are usually considered true Christians they’ve adopted the Catholic religion long time ago. Actually, they’re following other Christian countries by the wedding rules but with a little uniqueness combing Brazilian culture and Christen traditions. Brazilian folklore are known for their extravagant, Longley prepared and expensive weddings. In fact the bride takes a whole day before the wedding day just to get prepared for the wedding.
Most Brazilian weddings take place at church and then end in a big romantic wedding ceremony.
Brazilian weddings must follow Christian traditions closely especially Catholics. They begin the wedding ceremony by reciting vows to each other told by the minister of the church in Portuguese. Then a Brazilian song or the national anthem is sung immediately before exchanging the rings which are usually inscribed with the names of both of them.
Several things are considered to be superstitions or a sign of bad-luck. For instance, the groom must arrive at the wedding before the bride. He should not see his bride wearing the wedding gown before the ceremony as it is believed to bring bad-luck to the newlyweds. Another believed superstition is that the wedding ring should not be dropped at the ceremony it states that the wedding will