MALAIKA & NICK Engagement Ceremony 2023 | Kenya & USA Traditional Dowry Ceremony ( Kalenjin koito )

Congratulations Malaika & nick
It was Such a beautiful African cultural ceremony with a blend of American
A Kalenjin wedding custom known as "Koito" ("To give away") entails negotiating a bride's dowry.
The different sub-tribes have different customs. For instance, the Kipsigis have smaller festivals to which only members of their immediate family and close friends are invited, whereas the Nandi hold grand celebrations to which the entire community is invited.
The main components of all of them, nevertheless, are the same: the dowry payment is negotiated by a small group of chosen relatives or negotiators from both families in a private area apart from the other visitors. When the negotiations come to an end, those in attendance view Mursik, who is inebriated, as a sign of agreement and as being essential to the process.
Following the discussions, a party is held where older members from both sides give the bride and groom advise on how to live as a family. Presents and symbolic gifts are typically presented to the newlyweds at this ceremony.
The koito is becoming more and more important as the main event as the kaayaaet'ap koito is sometimes combined with it and other times the tunisiet is abandoned in favor of it. It is sometimes highly colorful and occasionally resembles a wedding ceremony.
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CHEBAIBAI by JUSTUS MUTAI TUNO
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Dowry payment among the Kalenjin:-
1. Teta ne abai (cow under lactation) this signifies procreation to the new family
2. Eito ne iyumi tuga (Oxen)
3. Teta nebo riyotet/ne kotot (Cow near to conceive)
4. Roriat (Heifer)
5. Teta ne iyumi nego/iywoget (mature cow)
6. Kwesta/Kipkugeret (he goat for father)
7. Kechiriet/Chepkugeret (Sheep for mother)
8. Chepngabait/Roriat (token for upkeep especially during childhood)
9. Kechiriet nebo arwet (for mother in law so as to allow son in law call her Boger alternatively Goat with lamb for mother in law so as to allow son in law call her Bogine
10. Mwaita (soap for the father lump some money ranges between ten thousand to two hundred thousand shillings currently
11.Chepletiot-Normally mature heifer where theb son in law will later take back the calf.Normally Chepletiot is not commonly paid but in a situation where the husband querrels with his wife to the point where she goes to her real fathers home and the mistake emenates from the husband the husband was compelled to pay chepletiot.
12.Nyoetab kaat(normally if the couple elopes without the consent of their immediate families the husband was supposed to pay a fine of normally five thousand to twenty thousand to is wife father/family)kiome sanian koigeny meaning that the assistance from inlaws is endless

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