{"id":244,"date":"2022-11-07T19:41:19","date_gmt":"2022-11-07T19:41:19","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/636957afc2c845205bdb2b92"},"modified":"2023-08-17T17:17:43","modified_gmt":"2023-08-17T17:17:43","slug":"the-wedding-tradition-where-spitting-at-each-other-is-a-sign-of-blessing-the-maasai-wedding","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/afroafrikweddings.com\/?p=244","title":{"rendered":"The Wedding Tradition Where Spitting At Each Other Is A Sign Of Blessing &#8211; The Maasai Wedding"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The release of a slimy gusto on another may spark trouble or violence. Spitting, in many societies, is a sign of irritation or disrespect. It is widely frowned upon.<\/p>\n<p>Well, the Maasai people have another idea. This unique brand of an ethnic group is based in Kenya and Northern Tanzania.<\/p>\n<p>Although they are small on a population basis, these peculiar people are internationally recognized and adorned. Furthermore, they are the babe of tourists who would want to personally explore the mysteries of the continent.<\/p>\n<figure><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/static.wixstatic.com\/media\/126a45_e8583357427f4d099fe6072911091015~mv2.png\/v1\/fit\/w_500,h_333,al_c,q_80\/file.png\" \/><\/figure>\n<p>At the wedding ceremony organized by the Maasai people, the bride is obligated to don a bold and colourful necklace accompanied by beads and shells. The bride&#8217;s head is shaved and lamb fat and oil are caressed on that spot.<\/p>\n<figure><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/static.wixstatic.com\/media\/126a45_4ec47e565f53453b922962e9b801329e~mv2.png\/v1\/fit\/w_512,h_315,al_c,q_80\/file.png\" \/><\/figure>\n<p>As a show of blessing and offering congratulations, the bride&#8217;s father blesses his daughter by spitting on her forehead and breasts. This is to wish her good luck and pray that she be fertile in her marriage.<\/p>\n<p>The bride then departs with her husband without looking back for fear of magically transforming into a stone. Another spectacular occasion amidst the ceremony is the denigration of the bride. In other words, in a mission to drive away bad luck, women representing the groom&#8217;s family insult the bride as she walks to her new marital home. The husband doesn&#8217;t reside in the house in which his bride stays for the next two days. The mother-in-law would then shave her head.<\/p>\n<p>The wedding ceremony ultimately commences declaring them husband and wife for life. The celebration involves dancing with wooden sticks and levitation to great heights.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The release of a slimy gusto on another may spark trouble or violence. Spitting, in many societies, is a sign of irritation or disrespect. It is widely frowned upon. Well, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":119,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7,26],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-244","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-wedding-customs-and-traditions","category-featured"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/afroafrikweddings.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/244","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/afroafrikweddings.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/afroafrikweddings.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/afroafrikweddings.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/afroafrikweddings.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=244"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/afroafrikweddings.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/244\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":826,"href":"https:\/\/afroafrikweddings.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/244\/revisions\/826"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/afroafrikweddings.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/119"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/afroafrikweddings.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=244"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/afroafrikweddings.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=244"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/afroafrikweddings.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=244"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}