HAUSA TRADITIONAL WEDDING

KAYAN LEFE.!!!
FIRST STEP.
INTRODUTION
Once the girl accepts the marriage offer, the man sends his parents or guardians to formally seek the permission of the girl's parents in marriage. The Hausa's do not have so many formalities, steps in seeking the girl's hand in marriages varies among different groups.
WEDDING FATIHA!
Conveying of the bride to her new home. Hausa's are mostly from the northern part of Nigeria and most of them are Muslims, Their marriage is done based on Islam, which is less expensive and less time consuming.
When a man sees the girls he wants to marry, he must first seek permission from her parents. The family of the future bride will then conduct investigation on the man to confirm his religious believes, moral ethics and other issues related to his background H e is allowed the girl if meets their expectations. (Physical contacts, romance and courtship before marriage are highly discouraged.)
Seeking for a girls hand in marriage varies, there other ethnic groups having different modes of introduction. Nevertheless the most common methods are, grooms parents visiting the girls family with certain gifts, items i.e cola nuts. Candies, in some cases bags of salt, during the visit which is an occasion on its own, The grooms make their intensions known thereby introducing the boy, his back ground and the dowry is made through bargain staring from the minimum of what Hausa, call "RUBU DINAR"(ONE KILOGRAM OF GOLD PIECE)to the highest amount the man can afford.
KAMU!!!!!!
Due to the ethnicity in Hausa land, the cultural wedding events varies but the most commonly used by them are KAMU: This is one the of the historical events, in the Hausa wedding which dates back to the origin of the Hausa people. This signifies the cleansing of bride with henna, mixed with some herbs, scents and flowers of plants are applied to her body covering most part of her body for some minutes, which is later washed away with some mixture of flowers a water. Which smoothes the skin and makes the bride look fresh and attractive, another mixture is used to make the bride unique because of its designs.
This refers to the clothing of grooms parents to then bride, it is well arranged in boxes, and bags ranging from 12boxes of clothes, bags, shoes, cosmetics and jewelries, The holy Quran and praying carpets The brides presents also give the grooms family some gifts items and cash as a sign of appreciation. This is the most significant in Hausa marriage is done at the bride, or at the mosque, family and friend of the both sides gather at the location to witness the wedding vows this is done by the representatives of the bride and groom précised over by an Islamic leader witnessed by invited guests, prayers are offered to the newly wedded couple and celebrations continues.
After the wedding fatiha the wedding ceremonies, the bride is accompanied to her house by the grooms family, her friend and family. then much later the groom with his friend she will also be with her friends.
Then the brides maids, and the grooms main will debate (which is a friendly debate) they debate on the amount paid before the bride speaks to her groom, This is a way of making them socialize and later have a greater relationship which is marriage the events are mostly done by the Muslims of the Hausa land.