Our neighbors were invited to a wedding this Saturday, and so they invited me to come along. A few shocking things about a Tanzania wedding to the ignorant American:
2. The parade. After officially being wed in the church, the bride, groom, and all the people in the wedding party drive all around in decorated vehicles to announce the engagement.
2. The feast- Of course, for any proper wedding festivities, multiple whole goat carcasses must be paraded around by the chefs while everyone admires. Then, they are brought up right beside the bride at the front of the room and the chef proceeds to cut it up right in front so that everyone can see.
3. The size- According to my host father, there is no such thing as a small Tanzanian wedding. You must have 200 people at the very least, and I think there were at least 300 or 400 at this wedding, and it was beautiful. All the chairs were covered and ribboned, and fabric in the official colors of the wedding, orange and white were hung extravagantly all over the giant room.
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