Marriage in Somalia is of great importance and has many types, so you find, for example, that they hold celebrations that are dominated by the nature of simplicity, where the wedding ceremony is held under the “trees”, so the meeting between the groom and his bride takes place under the tree and they get to know each other and the bride’s family undertakes the task of preparing and decorating the tree to be completed. Preparing it to receive the newlyweds and hold the sermon under the tree. Banquets are held and food is served to the groom's family under the trees.
The Somali people are keen to start the engagement ceremony with some verses of the Noble Qur’an, and the families of the newlyweds gather and eat under the trees and debate here and there and are interested in telling successful stories about marriage, and they are keen to drink tea and hear a word or sermon from the tribe’s sheikh and leader to bless the engagement and marriage.
After agreeing to complete the engagement, the groom's family gives the bride some symbolic gifts, and the engagement ceremony takes place in the presence of the family and relatives, but the bride must adhere to her home and the father or a relative. They act on her behalf and they are keen to celebrate the marriage for a long time, gatherings last for several days in which they eat food and tea and tell stories and stories.
One of the most important Somali customs and traditions is to serve milk in a large bowl called “baklava.” It is served to the groom’s family, and next to it there are meat bowls next to delicious dates. They have pots full of honey next to the meat.
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