If you are searching for something very exceptional and unique for your wedding in Africa, then consider a traditional Maasai marriage ceremony in the Masai Mara National Park Kenya Africa. Imagine donning traditional tribal regalia for a communally celebrated ceremony in one of the small villages near the Maasai Mara game reserve, complete with dances and chanting.

African Safaris and Adventures the travel & tours experts in the East African can arrange for a luxury bush wedding that will make your wedding day an unforgettable one.

For a big wedding with guests, the ceremony becomes elaborate, a goat is slaughtered and the groom is taken off to drink a locally made beer with the men. He then has to pay the bride’s father a bride price – a nominal cow (as opposed to the several cows called for by Maasai tradition). Village women, meanwhile, take the bride to get ready for the ceremony, singing to her all the while.

We can arrange to have a lovely white or tan bride’s outfit made with Maasai beading on it, over which the bride wears the beaded marriage necklace and khanga. Joyful singing, chanting and dancing accompany the traditional union, as the guests join in. The groom then has to prove himself a worthy warrior and husband by participating in the jumping competition with other young morans (warriors).

The traditional ceremony is a public celebration of a couple’s commitment in front of others, but it has no religious connotations and is not legally recognized under Kenyan law. Visitors can organize for a civil marriage at Kenya government offices or have the district commissioner from the nearest town carry out a formal marriage, complete with certificates.

For the couple who are on honeymoon in Kenya, and wish to have an extra memory, we can arrange for a small private traditional ceremony in which the bride is adorned with colorfully patterned khanga (cloth) and a beaded marriage necklace, while the groom is dressed in a shuka (man’s cloth) and given a stick (rungu) to denote his manhood. These are bestowed by the village elder and one of his wives. For the newly wedded husband there is no getting away from the jumping competition even on this occasion

As part of its Maasai wedding package, African Safaris and Adventures arranges for accommodations at luxury lodge and safari tented camp in Masai Mara the scenic reserve, as well as transportation for the guests to and from the village for the ceremony. After the ceremony the honeymoon continues within the Maasai Mara itself or extension in Mombassa, Malindi or Lamu Island. African safaris and Adventures is specialized tour operator and Safari Company one of East Africa’s premier travel companies, has been designing custom bush vacations for nearly one decade.

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