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🇿🇲 Wedding traditions of Zambia

4 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.

Wedding timeline of Zambia by stage
Finding a match	Groomsman
Engagement and betrothal	Bride price, Groomsman, Polygamy in Zambia, Polygamy in Uganda
The weeks before	Bride price, Groomsman
Procession and arrival	Groomsman
The ceremony	Groomsman
Reception, dance and gifts	Groomsman

Cities, towns and villages of Zambia

Photo credits on this page

The small pictures above come from Wikimedia Commons under free licences. Some are cropped to fit.

Bride price: Пимоненко Николай Корнилиевич, Public domain, source

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