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Christine: Senegalese wedding & Wolof
- 30 May //
- Posted in Africa & The Middle East, Christine in Senegal, Current Students Abroad //
- Tags : Dakar, griots, Study Abroad in Senegal, wedding, Wolof
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A few days ago, I had the opportunity to go to a Senegalese wedding celebration. Though I wasn’t at the ceremony itself, it was a great place to absorb a good dose of Senegalese culture. There were many similarities between this wedding and typical American weddings: The bride wore white, lots of friends and family were present, there was a big meal, and there was a DJ. What was different? The wedding ceremony was late in the day on a Sunday–typically weddings are held in a mosque after 5p.m. prayer [...]
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