In general, the Nuer marry within their own tribe, so that relationship ties do not transcend the tribal boundary. On the other hand, kinship extends, in one ...
Marriage among the Nuer is brought about by payment of bridewealth and by the performance of certain ceremonial rites.
In South Sudan, a ghost marriage is a marriage where a deceased groom is replaced by his brother. The brother serves as a stand in to the bride.
In Nuer eyes, however, a marriage has not been finalized until the bride has given birth to at least two children. The actual exchange of bride-wealth cattle is ...
2022/01/06 · This article is an insightful re-interpretation of Ghost Marriage that was common among the Nuer of Sudan till the 1940s.
MARRIAGE among the Nuer is brought about by payment of bridewealth and by the performance of certain ceremonial rites. The rites cannot take place.
In its earliest expression, therefore, sex marriage, and the first sexual play occurs in imita domestic routines of married life. It occurs in res and not to an ...