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(i) Careful choosing of a marriage partner with the right qualities.
(ii) Marriage negotiations between the families of the bridegroom and the bride to prepare for the formalization of marriage and strengthening their ties.
(iii) Courtship which allows the bride and bridegroom to familiarize themselves with one another.
(iv) Payment of the dowry to seal the marriage.
(v) Exchange of gifts to strengthen the relationship between the two families.
(vi) Singing and dancing to praise and comfort the bridegroom and the bride respectively and to welcome them into their new status.
(vii) Offering of sacrifices to appease God and ancestors so that they may bless the marriage.
(viii) Bathing together in medicinal water as a solemn way of binding the husband and wife into one.
(ix) Breaking of the virginity to consummate marriage with the blood symbolizing that life has been preserved.
(x) Seclusion in a period which serves as transition from unmarried life to the new life of maturity and procreation.
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