Thank you beautiful family . I'm a South African living in Ethiopia . Ethiopia best country , beautiful people , delicious food, hulum konjo

That Ethiopian cultural dress made you guys Queens! 💚💛♥️

Looking like a million bucks

When the husband to be comes to the bride's house, the pride's family men (friend, brothers, cousins etc) playfully stop the groom's men at the door, "you're not taking our girl that easy" and try to playfully stop or block them. In the end the both go in together jumping and singing to her house and the groom follows. Its a tradition. Its to say you are not taking our queen with no fight, There is a lot of symbolism that to others is not clear. You know you have to ask the village elders to the girl's family for permission for marriage where they talk about the grooms family and what they have achived and the groom himself what he has done in life be it studying or business. Even then , you almost never get a yes in the first ask the elders have to go back again which is also a traditionally done thing. The girl herself takes pride in this in that she was not someone he picked up easily and she is someone he begged for:) in all honesty respect is added to the love out of it. An Ethiopia wedding is a joy, food, music and lots of dancing. Traditionally, when weddings happened back in the day in the villages, the singing and partyz start a week in advance with everyone in the neighbourhood cooking and preparing the food for the wedding, deco etc. It never used to be in hotels where you have paid for all this to be done. Massive tents and everyone comes in with no invitation and it was incredible to witness for me growing up. Nowadays its in hotels with 100 - 500 invited where as before it would have been 1000s locals and all the family. In the country side you still find this which is great. As a diaspora i have my uncles wedding video and i sometimes show it to friends and they cannot believe the ethiopia of yesteryears. good job and you looks stunning!

You seem happy there..im happy for you

Beautiful wedding.

That was lovely. Thanks for sharing!

Absolutely beautiful

Well presented video! Thank you for presenting the culture respectfully!

Thank you for sharing!!!! I found this so interesting and beautiful ❤!!

Welcome to Ethiopia! Looking gorgeous and classy !

Wow that looks a fun and Beautiful weeding!! You look amazing in cultural Ethiopian attire!! ❤❤ great video!

Beautiful ❤

Yes sister show them how Ethiopia( Africa can be freedom and beautiful❤❤❤. Congrats!!!)

So beautiful thx for sharing 💞 ❤️ 💕

Amazing. Thank you for sharing

You guys look so good ❤ 🎉

We thank you so much for sharing this beautiful wedding with us. I am proud that you're my family and sister in law of my beloved brother Dere.

The groom can't just come and pick the bride. There is a last minute fight from the family NOT to give their precious girl in the house !

Make your wedding anniversary with ethiopian dress !!

You look lovely as always

As a Black American, I went to my first Ethiopian wedding back in January of this year, when I was there in Addis. It was a Monday evening wedding. Very beautiful.

Great to see power couple🇺🇲🇪🇹 video🙏 Yes indeed correct in general respect for elders very important in Ethiopia🇪🇹 and also in Horn of Africa❤🌍 In Somali Region of Ethopia🇪🇹 Wedding celebration taking up 3 to 4 days, good food good music too😊 Harari Region of Ethopia 🇪🇹weddings are very colourful too

You just understand every bit of it. I was asked in San Jose, ca about The Ethiopian wedding, believe me I was allover. You are just one of a kind. Please take care of yourself when i come to Ethiopia, i will find you and give you a hug 🫂 🤗 ❤️ ♥️

O! Princess You were a princess & now with that traditional costume You really look an Empress as well along with your King of course .!!!

It isn’t a game or a joke. It is more so a tradition. I’m Ethiopian the same thing happened at my wedding. I think the meaning behind it is that the groom and his people have to fight their way in to the bride’s family home where she gets picked up. Traditionally, her family can not give her away just like that. The groom and his wedding party have to fight for her, so it is symbolic. This happens in every Ethiopian bride’s household. I hope the tradition will continue for the next generation. On this video, I didn’t see the wedding ceremony. I only saw the reception in addition to the bride being picked up from her family home. Usually the religious leader, either at the church synagogue, or a mosque assist the bride and groom to make a lifetime commitment and exchange vows. Why were you surprised? Ethiopian food is the best.

You spotted alright. Ethiopian and Eritrean culture is big in respect any humanity, especially the elderly.🙏🏽❤️

The vows happened at church ❤

cool vids.. vows are made by the time the bride send elders a hand for their daughters to parents when they agree after 2 weeks period in some weddings...another place vows will be done at the wedding party by priest or elders with everyone presence unless at the overall ceremony...except it's Orthodox Christian nikkah or other church cermony... which the vows will be done in different ceremony...hope you had a chance to see the church ones especially the orthodox church!the one i've attended was so vibrant i am sure you'll be amazed to see it!

Nice! I used to attend similar weddings in Addis. Here, where I am now, weddings are quite different. They serve fried chicken with rice in a plastic takeaway box & a soda in a plastic bag at your seat. The takeaway boxes are even delivered in sacks typically used for teff grain from grain mills.

Love this woman. She is beautiful in and out. Your husband is lucky to have you. Ethiopian weddinging can be overwhelming. Good for you. You deserve it .

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Ethiopian weddings have vows that usually happens at the church.

Couples do take vows at a church on a separate day prior to the weeding or early in the morning the day of the wedding. That of itself is another ceremony

Beautiful! Question? Which Beauty/Hair Salon do you recommend in Addis Abeba? Thank you

Actually the commitment in the morning at church ceremony I don’t know why they didn’t do

t’iru serigi naber .the Habesh 👗 looks good on you

You couple should have renew your vowel Ethiopian style 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣 You look good after 3 gestational, Hot Mama!!!!

If vows are taken in a church. It's called KalKidan which means covenant or contract. If they are virgins they would wear a special clothing Teklil. Those who are married in teklil are given a lot of respect by the community which you find a lot in the country side and not so much in big towns like Addis.

Was there no Church part for this wedding? The reason I ask is that for Ethiopian weddings, vows are called Kalkidan and are exchanged at Church (in front of God, family, friends and the priests/pastors) after the priest or the pastor officiates the wedding. The Church part is a very essential part of Ethiopian weddings. The Orthodox Church even has what’s called «ye teklil sireat/የተክሊል ስርአት" which goes beyond exchanging vows and includes taking holy communion. People who do this can’t divorce. Exchanging vows is also a very important part of Ethiopian Protestant weddings. The only wedding that I have seen (as a child ) that did not include Church or exchanging vows is one that happened at the city hall/Mazegaga/ማዘጋጃ during the communist Derg regime that claimed that there is no God.

The pushing part is part of the culture. The groom try to get in their house and the bride's family side push them out but then they get in 😅 it is supposed to be fun it's like a game " We are goin in to see the bride vs. no we will not allow you to get in the house ...😊

it actually wasn't a game traditionally it suppose to be her brother who stand on the door and will not let him in. it is like u not taking my sister and the groom have to give money to the brother to persuade him

Vows are done only in a church wedding in Ethiopian culture.

The vows are When the groom sends the Elders(Shemagele)

Som weddings has a ceremony part also in the Church , there they make the vows. But in a weeding like this Ethiopian dont do vow , which i also Think its a kind of wired.

We started different kinds of Cultural food In a hygienic manner. Please think twice before you post Something negative.

number of chicken, sheep and cattle slaughtered matters back in the day. the newly weds bragged about it. They said, 'oh, at my wedding we slaughtered 300 chicken'(if you ask me that's a massacre. genocide😳). Better kill a couple of cattle than 300 chicken. Kurt and Tej are popular at weddings. for the faint of heart the scene of people eating raw meat can be revolting. have you tried some? or anybody tried to give you a gursha and you questioned if there is some kurt(raw) in it? Well you know it's rude to say 'no' to gursha. Everybody assumes you're a habesha with that traditional cloth you're wearing. about wedding vows, in Ethiopia, you go to the city, sign a document then you're all set. Voila! Las Vegas style. they say, 'What happened in Vegas stays in vegas' I am surprised to see the bride and groom dancing . . . this was not so back in the day. They must remain calm. . .little movement except when walking and sitting. This is new to me. On a scale of 1-10 what's the magnitude of the culture shock you are facing in Ethiopia?

There are still people in Addis who are in a celebratory mood? It's hard to believe, but Addis has always lived in its own buble. This time, I wonder how long the bubble is going to last. The unprovocked and most tragic war on Amhara people is threatening to engulf the city. Yet, Addis Abeba remains oblivious to its own imminent demise?

I think black women straightening their hair looks ridiculous wear it in its natural state.