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| WeddingEvents What happens at Sudanese weddings? |
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Six weeks before the wedding the bride starts to train in the special dances she will dance on the day of Subhia, the first day of the marriage. About two days before the wedding the bride invites her girlfriends for El Henna. On this day a woman comes to decorate the hands and legs of the bride with henna and she and her girlfriends dance and sing and spend a happy day together. |
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| That night the groom also has his Henna night with his male friends and women relatives. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| The groom doesn't decorate his legs only his fingertips and bottom of feet. This is done for him by his mother and all his male friends do the same on their hands. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| The wedding party "Al-Dukhla" takes place in houses, large tents, in the streets or in clubs. The bride's family gets a singer or DJ. There's a lot of music and dancing and a beautiful dinner is served. Everyone is invited and everyone is happy. The bride wears a white wedding gown and the groom wears a black tuxedo. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| On the first day of the marriage, "Al Subhia", the bride's mother invites all the women of the family and the girlfriends of the bride. Only certain men can attend the Subhiya: the bride's father, brothers, uncles, and the groom. The bride dances three or four dances for her audience, changing dresses for each dance. A woman sings and drums on the "dallooka" songs that all the girls know, and they all sing along, clap and have a great time! | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| After she finishes dancing, it's time for the final ritual called the "Jirtig". It has special traditions, and a special red and yellow tray with pottery to put the perfumes and bakhoor in. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| The bride changes into a red tobe and sits with her new husband on a bed with a beautifully decorated red and gold sheet called "milayat aljirtig". All the elder women are around them, and one of the older woman comes and wishes the happy couple wealth, health and the blessing of children upon them. She perfumes them both, singing meanwhile, and ties the red "hareera" and "hilaal" around the groom's head, and the "sibha" around his neck. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| The groom gets up and sprays the audience with perfume. Then the woman offers them a cup of milk. They both take a drink and spray some of it over each other as a sign of love, peace and hope for a clean, pure life together- pure as milk... | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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