What does it mean to stand in the laundry basket and sprinkle rice on each other when some villages in Africa get married?

In fact, this is a traditional African wedding custom, which is mainly a blessing to the couple. The traditional African wedding is influenced by modern culture and gradually disappears. However, some ancient wedding customs still exist. In fact, there is such a custom in China. It is said that a long time ago, a woman with red flowers got married on the earth. The gods sent a golden rooster to peck the red flowers on her head. Because safflower is the source of this woman's life, the woman who opens safflower uses an umbrella to stop the golden rooster from pecking safflower. The purpose of scattering rice is to let the golden rooster peck rice.

When the golden rooster pecked at the rice, the safflower girl took the opportunity to get off the sedan chair and get married smoothly. When you leave home to get married, send your husband to a sedan chair, Sa Gu Mi. At the same time, while reading, I pray for God to bless peace, eat red eggs early, that is, have children early, and pray for good luck. The fourth is the success of four seasons, the fifth is the success of five sons, the sixth is harmony between heaven and earth, the seventh is reunion, the eighth is filial piety, the ninth is long-lasting and the tenth is growing old together. It's called Sa Gu Mi, which means to bless the bride and groom.

The bride gets off the bus, the bride and the bride get married, and the rice in the rice bowl is sprinkled into the sedan chair, and the husband and wife live in harmony forever. Second, long live husband and wife. Third, the couple tied the knot. A happy marriage is harmonious and beautiful. Fifth, happiness and longevity. As can be seen from the lyrics above, they are all singing happy songs. None of the words used to ward off evil spirits in ancient times can be sung. Now the concept of science has obviously changed the old superstitious vocabulary. However, the good morality left by the ancestors to the newlyweds is a beautiful tradition, which aims to bless the couple's marriage, love and life are sweet.

In addition, there are many ancient customs in Africa, such as the wedding blanket of Ndebele people in northern South Africa. Ndebele's wedding will be wrapped in a wedding blanket, and will be wrapped in special festivals in the future. The wedding of Ndebele people is mainly divided into three stages, which take several years, and the marriage in these three stages can only end after the birth of the child. The bride of Ndebele will play a western umbrella at the entrance of the new courtyard, because the umbrella symbolizes humility in the eyes of Ndebele women.