🇿🇲 Wedding traditions of Zambia
3 traditions from Zambia, best known first, across 1 city and town.
A wedding in Zambia, stage by stage
The customs written up so far, in the order a wedding unfolds.
Cities, towns and villages of Zambia
🇹🇭 Thailand and 5 moreBride price
Wealth paid by the groom or his family to the bride or her kin to formalize a union.Gift custom · Engagement and betrothal
🇬🇧 United Kingdom and 5 moreGroomsman
A male attendant who supports the groom and assists guests at a wedding.Family role · Finding a match
🇿🇲 ZambiaPolygamy in Zambia
A legal form of marriage allowing one man to have multiple wives under customary law.Family role · Engagement and betrothal
Photo credits on this page
The small pictures above come from Wikimedia Commons under free licences. Some are cropped to fit.
- Groomsman: Jenny Mealing, CC BY 2.0, source
- Bride price: Пимоненко Николай Корнилиевич, Public domain, source