I attended a "Giving Away" ceremony where a teacher at the school "received" his bride from her parents. This is an event prior to the actual wedding, which in this case took place the next day. The also have another tradition of the groom paying a bride price to the parents of the bride, set by the parents of the bride. Many people here were quite surprised to learn that men in Canada don’t pay for their wives... One of many things about Canadian women that has surprised people here!
Wedding related events seem to be very traditional here, at the beginning of the event we were given this thin cold porridge that most people seemed to enjoy…
A little girl seemed very interested in me and came and stood next to me for quite some time but was too shy to talk to me or to the person next to me who was translating into the local language.
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