Im Mittelpunkt der Hochzeits-Feier fuer die Frauen //
The focus of the wedding ceremony for the women
Bezaubernde Frauen // Charming Women
gemeinsam naturnah unterwegs - together near-to-natur on the road - enjoy my way and be blessed
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In the Sahara desert is a lot different, so even a wedding. Men and women celebrate separately.
Nabil takes me to the wedding of his best friend, Nabila, the celebration of the women. This is a special experience for me, nor to a blonde foreigner. This is possible only because Nabil and Nabila see themselves as brothers and sisters and the mother of Nabila is somehow Nabil's mother. He speaks to her with "Ma", even if it is not his real mother.
The celebration begins with a meal without the bride and groom. Then a band playing and a few women and few men dance, mostly from Nabil and Nabila's friends. After an hour comes the bride and groom. The bride is carried in on a white, gaily decorated palanquin by four friends. The groom runs along beside her and holds her hand. Discontinued as the litter in front of the white "throne" is the groom lifts the veil for a short time and kisses the bride on the forehead. Star at this wedding ceremony is clearly the bride. In any case, unless the couple is present at the ceremony. But only a short time. Soon, the two leave the party and go to a small room. To change the clothes.
This goes on all night so, five times a pompous march of the couple in new clothing by loud music, five times they sit down for a short time on the "throne", five times for photos with family and friends, five times a march and relocation to the small rooms. Most of the time the bride spent with changing the wedding dresses. Of the celebration and the friends she'll get on this evening not a lot. But she enjoy the short times at the center of the celebration.
The wedding party dances during this clothes-changing-times , the women in the middle of the room, the few men on the edge. At the beginning a "watcher" chases the men back again to the edge. Or the women who dance to close to the men back to the other women. But over time, men and women mix more and more. The attraction between men and women is still very strong.
Against one a clock the women wedding expires and groom brings the bride home. He still goes to the celebration for the men in another place. What happened there I do not expire, because I was not there. I've only heard that the men drink much alcohol. If you know that alcohol is forbidden in the Quran and drunk everyday little, then you can imagine what is happening there and how even small amounts affect men who are not used alcohol.
This is in addition to deserts traditions also probably one of the reasons for the separate wedding. An actual grape-like ceremony like in Germany takes no place on these two separate ceremonies. This probably took place before.
































