Marriage is sharing life with your best friend, enjoying the journey along the way and arriving at every destination together.
Its October! The wedding bells will be ringing very soon! As we all know, most Kenyan weddings happen in December, so we are now in the pre-wedding and ruracio season. You may want to begin by thinking about the kind of person you want for a long term relationship like marriage. Normally, most people opt to open the festive season with wedding bells. Well, come to think of it, the joyous seasons bring joy already, why not crown it with love too? After all the season is for family time.
Marriage in the traditional Kenyan context is defined as a rite of passage that every individual is expected to undergo in his or her lifetime, and the integral purpose of this institution is to widen the kinship network of the individual through procreation.
Kenya is home to more than 40 tribes. Each tribe has unique wedding ceremony traditions and marriage practices. Although some elements of the traditional practices related to marriage have been challenged, traditional weddings remain an important piece of African culture and will continue to be passed down for generations to come.
If you have a traditional family, you will likely be very aware of the typical marriage customs and rituals of your tribe. This knowledge can become especially important in inter-tribal marriages. Make sure that you that bring this subject up with both sides of the family, so everybody can have a say in what’s important for them.
As much as these celebrations entails much feasting, dancing and negotiations, don’t forget they also are a platform to showcase how fashionable you can be. Who said traditional attire can’t have a taste of modern? Have you seen how a mixture of traditional attire and modern sense brings out the perfect in your maids? Here are a few pictures of how you can add taste in your ruracio by styling up your maids.
Beautiful, right? Makes you want to have your ruracio, right? Who said white gowns are just for the church wedding? Who said you can’t go white with kitenge? It’s a modern world and white is not only considered for the ‘white wedding’ but also for ruracio. Why be a princess when you can be a queen? Take a moment and look at these gorgeous gowns you can rock in during your traditional wedding.
When it comes to ruracios, first appearances count for a lot. In fact, appearances can sway the demands upwards or downwards. Normally, men have been known to dress down because of the ‘ first impression’ perception that the demands might go up! Did you know you can have a classy look that will sway your in-laws and make them forget about upgrading their demands? Well, here are some looks you can kill without suiting it all up!
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