March 8, 2007
African style wedding: experience Maasai culture in Kenya
Shompole, in Kenya's Rift Valley, has a service where couples can experience an African style wedding. Specifically, we're talking about Maasai culture where a Massai witch doctor blesses the couple and Maasai dancers perform a traditional wedding dance. You can go more or less in depth - this could mean wearing Maasai wedding outfits, including a spear, a club, and bracelets.
Or you could go more western with a wedding cake and all that. I can't link to the page directly because of the way this site is designed, but if you click on menu, click on unique camps & lodges, click on Shompole, and then click on weddings, you'll see where I got this information. That site linked to Virgin Bush Weddings. They seem to share some pictures so they might be related somehow.
I don't know what it all costs, but my parents always say that if prices aren't published then you can't afford it...
Actually, if you're truly adventurous you can travel to Africa on your own and probably inexpensively. A few years ago a friend of mine went to Ghana and took xylophone lessons for several months. He said expenses came to about $25/week for food, housing, and lessons.
Posted by James Trotta at March 8, 2007 2:10 PM | TrackBack