A Bride To Be? My Big Fat Ethiopian Wedding in New Zealand | Absolute Documentaries

Four Years in the Making: Kahsay and Mimi's Quest for the Ultimate Traditional Ethiopian Wedding in New Zealand! Will Their Dream Come True? Plus, Bride-in-Waiting Chandni's Pursuit of Mr. Perfect Unfolds.
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[@THESURAFELB]

Kahsay and Mimi are straight from the original Ethiopian Orthodox culture. Very nice to come across the old culture kept intact. God bless their marriage. 🕯🙏🕯💚💛❤

[@mahderaklilu7440]

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[@gigi9301]

Yeah, I'm sure he's got time to do that

[@physicaleducation6896]

Yes I noticed that; I have watched some weddings online from their region and Africa and so many things were spot on. Wonderful.....Wishing them blessings.

[@AviyahAbides]

This traditional Ethiopian wedding is the one I can relate to out of all the other ethnic wedding ceremonies I’ve watched. It’s not crazy lavish or excessive. It honors the Christian faith which I uphold as well. The bride and groom truly look like kings and queen.

[@snowballs8549]

I love how the orthodox Christian wedding planner is a Muslim woman. She did great too

[@everythinglidd]

She really did

[@selom2025]

Glad you noticed. Also, dances and local traditions from various parts of the country were included. That is the real Ethiopia we want to hang on to.

[@user-vb1mi9bq4g]

Real ethiopia this sent me back to memories

[@AlmazB]

Cause she is a businesswoman first and foremost

[@santamaria2509]

As an Ethiopian living in the US, the wedding brought so much memories about our culture and tradition; the wedding is a replay of relatives and friends wedding and everything in between I witnessed growing up. Well documented !! and congratulations to the newly wed. እግዚአብሔር ትዳራችሁን በፍቅር: በደስታ: በሰላም እና በእምነት: ይባርከው🙏

[@T-7702]

Omg, this is the pure Ethiopian traditional wedding and it is the right way. It was beautiful 😍. And i wish mimi and kasay a life time of happiness together ❤️

[@donnaengel6413]

Fascinating culture, beautiful ceremony. I wish them all long, happy and healthy years ahead.

[@1951kvk]

What a gift, to see the culture of Ethiopian Copts and their traditions.

[@Onemovie12]

Very beautiful traditional Ethiopian wedding, May God bless your marriage Kahsay&Mimi, and also may God grant "Mr perfect" to Chandni

[@Hanna-M9851]

So beautiful! I'm proud of my Ethiopian bride and groom and all Ethiopian communities who attended the wedding. Stay blessed ❤❤❤❤❤❤❤

[@everythinglidd]

I love my Ethiopian 🇪🇹🇪🇹culture! I enjoyed watching this ❤God bless their union!

[@berhanea3798]

A very beautiful Ethiopian traditional wedding! Thank you for keeping the Orthodox Christian traditional ceremony! I wish you all the luck throughout your lifetime together! 💚💛❤

[@mazzselassie9865]

Mimi & Kahsay! Thankyou for the classy, traditional, very elegant!! አምላክ ከናንተ ጋር ይሁን !! ተማሩ ፣ ወጣቶች ናችሁ !!

[@RekikA]

This is just beautiful. Congratulations Mimi and Khsay. May God bless your union ❤🎉

[@francesbacon7825]

Mimi is beautiful.

[@ruthquetant7375]

Very!

[@maymcginness9180]

This was an absolutely beautiful wedding. May God bless this beautiful couple. 🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻

[@shkortv7035]

Ethiopian culture is beautiful 😍

[@bichegnaw_yebichenaw05]

Never ever i was as happy for people as i was for mimi & kahsay. just watching the video gave me a goosebump😍

[@idagranberg4521]

Omg injera is sooooo good!😍 my godfather was married to an Ethiopian woman and me and my sister were Bridesmaids at their wedding 😊 and the food!🤤❤️👏🏻 I just love Injera!😍😃

[@Faizasmith-pj4dz]

I love injera

[@misganal4806]

May God bless you and your marriage Mimi & Kassay! This was a beautiful wedding full of so much respect for faith, family, and culture! You introduced our beautiful culture to the world by sharing your beautiful traditional wedding ceremony! Also, I don’t think I’ve ever seen a car gifted as part of tilosh, so that was a smooth move on your part Kassay, hope your beautiful wife loved it! Stay blessed!

[@patpionke]

A beautiful culture, a beautiful wedding, beautiful people. I wish everyone of them, joy and prosperity throughout their lives. I live in the St. Louis Missouri area in the middle of the United States.

[@zshzanTila]

the Ethiopian wedding planner seemed like a lovely person and i hope only happiness to kahsay and Mimi

[@user-ps7nc8sf9j]

Mimi and Kassay may your marriage be blessed. You are mist amazing ethiopian I have ever seen mainly how you embraced the culture. I must say this wedding is the most representing as authentic as it can be. The groom to stay away from his wife until the wedding day? My God no other groom ever ever display this kind of manner these days. Kassay you are a true gentleman. You need to be recognized as an exemplary to others. You are the real deal, a true descendant of the axumite empire. I am impressed how you hold on to our tradition, your patients, waiting as an engaged man keeping your fiancee, your deep committed love to mimi is amazing. Equally, I am touched how calm and serene mimi is respecting and waiting for her fiancee till the wedding day comes. Everything is done according to how how parents got married. Bless you! I pray this tradition continues.

[@ruthhaile7030]

Kahsay and Mimi are from Tigray northern Ethiopia. This is our cultural way of getting married.❤

[@abuhaile6517]

The Orthodox church wedding is the same for others as well.

[@lanteTV1]

ካብ ሃገሮም ወጻኢ ዝነብሩ መንእሰያት ዲያስፖራ ኢትዮጵያውያን ተጋሩ ነቲ ሓቀኛ ባህልን ተመክሮን ሃገሮም ረሲዖምን ይደናገሮምን ኣሎ። ንኣብነት እቶም መናእሰይ ካብ ትግራይ ሰሜን ኢትዮጵያ እዮም ጊን ቋንቋ ወለዶም ተጠቒሞም ብትግርኛ ክስዕስዑ ዝተራእዩ ኣብ መወዳእታ ስነ-ስርዓት መርዓ ጥራይ እዩ ነይሩ። ታይ'ዩ ወሪዱዎም ?

[@kirostirhas]

​@@lanteTV1This is an old video from when Tegaru believed in Ethiopians and did not expect all the betrayals.

[@lanteTV1]

@@kirostirhas ኣፍኪ ዕጸዊ ኣንቲ ሕማቕ። ጽዩፍ ኣራዊት ኤርትራዊት

[@avadore2001]

These are tegarus send by unhcr as Eritreans to new zealand

[@mhizplease2685]

🌦🇧🇧🇪🇹🙏🏾Blessings I Am From The BEAUTIFUL ISLAND OF BARBADOS🇧🇧 In The West Indies 🙏🏾Thank You Kahsay Or Mimi, For Choosing One Of Rihanna Perfumes She Is A Barbadian And I Am SO PROUD🇧🇧🙏🏾 May The Creator Blessings Be Upon Your Marriage Kahsay To Mimi You Are A Beautiful Couple🙏🏾Stay Bless🙏🏾Stay Safe 🇪🇹🌍🙏🏾🇧🇧🤗

[@maucrowley8118]

Gifts are not a show off. It's considered dowry that's is a token of appreciation to the parents of the bride and bride to be. It's tradition that we practice from our ancestors. In some African cultures like in Uganda alot of expensive gifts are offered. But it depends what your groom can offer, something that is agreed upon between two families.

[@ruthquetant7375]

Simply Beautiful 👏🏾💖🥳🎊💐🥂‼️

[@hereiswisdom]

I love Ethiopian culture and food. They are a truly lovely people with rich history and traditions.

[@eliastesfaye2676]

i wonder that the Ethiopian community in Newzeland would have been growth, many people were attend in the weeding!!!!! CONGRATULATIONS TO KASAY AND MIMI!!!! I wish you may God bless the rest of your marriage !!!!

[@Black-lioness]

They still live in the era of the late 80s.

[@smithkaren1387]

I was anticipating the beautiful Ethiopian hairstyles! ❤ 🇪🇹

[@liyau4664]

Mimi and Kahasay thank you for representing us beautifully💚💛❤

[@emmy1365]

What a beautiful Ethiopian wedding!! 😍 May God bless your marriage Love from UK💚💛❤🙏

[@warrior-one]

This is great! May God bless your marriage. Thank you for sharing one of your life's journey with the world. Sudan❤ is also a home for ethiopian and Eritrean. May God bless Sudan🙏! We, Habeshas have a life story that needs to be told.

[@StopTheLiess]

We love Sudan 🇸🇩 ❤

[@yosefasfawe2227]

What fascinating me was the wadding planer we Ethiopias are have a lot to tell Muslim lady was planning the most traditional orthodox wadding

[@getanehsaron129]

isn’t that so lovely ? You never see this kind of unity anywhere else in the world?

[@FF-by6ci]

Islam is 2nd religion in Ethiopia, people are close regardless of religion.

[@Switching_000]

As an Ethiopian who loves your Documentary page this is so random 😂

[@mamikiramafoko4095]

Such a beautiful wedding ceremony. I wish i was invited.🎉🎉🎉

[@God-db9vp]

ብጣዕሚ ደስ ዝብል እዩ፡ እግዚኣብሄር ሓዳርኩም ይባርኸልኩም።

[@aklilmesele5083]

Wishing you a lifetime of love and happiness.💕 የአብረሀም የሳራ ይሁን ጋብቻችሁ።❤

[@nehakhan2141]

Kahsay and Mimi❤

[@user-ps7nc8sf9j]

Mimi & Kassay should be the face of the Ethiopian Tewahedo Orthodox church marriage guidelines. As you know we are facing a great deal of attack on our monasteries and churches with this evil Prosperity government and our priorities lies on holding on to our religion faithfully. You both are so mature for your age and may you continue receive guidance from our Lord above.

[@meaganh637]

What an ātaahua couple, family, friends and traditional Ethiopian wedding. This is the best episode of the series.

[@christiejanvier8476]

Just want to say I love chandni's license plate lol.

[@abejegoshu4064]

WOW ! 💚💛❤ Thanks for sharing this beautiful story.

[@christiejanvier8476]

And that wedding was spectacular!

[@JustYohannes]

Ethiopian culture is amazing!

[@yamrottezazu9857]

So beautiful ❤ congratulations to both. Love from USA

[@p0ooLahH]

Chandni expects her future husband to be the PERFECT wow! No wonder why she’s been single all these years!!!!!! Men are not stupid you know

[@nigistsabab3777]

❤🇪🇹 congratulations 🎉🎉🎉

[@user-og5bx5hg4k]

This serves as a poignant reminder of what we risk losing-our rich culture, deep-seated love, and cherished traditions. These elements are not merely attributes; they are the very threads woven into the tapestry that forms the soul of Ethiopian identity. Let this beautiful and sacred tradition inspire us to transcend our differences and unite. I extend my heartfelt congratulations to the newlyweds and offer my best wishes to all Ethiopians everywhere.

[@titititi8928]

The Ethiopian traditional wedding is so beautiful ❤❤❤

[@azebayalew2148]

I love Ethiopia tigray traditional weeding and they both are very beautiful and I love the church part she is beautiful and calm also he Congratulations both

[@fruitlife3922]

Beautiful 😍 couple, Beautiful 🤩 wedding. May God bless your union ❤❤❤❤❤

[@jae6506]

I pray that Mimi & Kahsay have a lifetime of love, joy, children, faith, and initmacy💍 He is head over heels for her as a man should be. She adores him yet keeps her power intact. The Ethiopian culture is as beautiful as it is fascinating. I hope to attend a wedding like this soon! I’m believing God for my true love🙏🏽 So glad Kahsay & Mimi said yes to each other🫶🏽

[@hiwotlemma39]

Our Ethiopia with a single identity

[@tazylab6233]

Chandni wants a lot of things from her future husband, but she is not putting much effort from her side, i might be wrong but seems momma spoiled too much, she wants a traditional or semi traditional marriage, but being a team means both do chores , girl try to learn some of your culture cooking

[@yafetube7271]

A Muslim Women co-ordinating a Christian Wedding Typical Ethiopian way of life with out the influence of bad politics which is turning us on each other

[@StopTheLiess]

In Tigray we never had a issue with Muslims

[@simethio2517]

May God bless the two of you abundantly in love, joy, and happiness. Love from Ethiopia 💚💛❤️

[@redagetach]

From Getachew Reda (Editor Ethiopian Semay) - I lift up my hat for the groom. As he is from my hometown Axum, I am surprised by his good Ethiopian faith and tradition he and his friends demonstrated during this astonishing wedding without being polluted by the narrow extremist Tigrayan TPLF culture, that we are familiar with their political flag and violence and chaotic political songs during many Tigrayan weddings. I really gave the Groom and his friends excellent remark for keeping the gentle Ethiopianess culture and different ethnic dances alive during the wedding they played. I hope all Tigrayans follow such beautiful wedding without polluting political songs during weddings. Best wishes to the bride and the groom. I am proud of you all and the participant friends. Bless you both!!! Getachew Reda (Editor Ethiopian Semay)

[@StopTheLiess]

TPLF ❤💪🏽

[@bfayehenry2867]

The wedding was really beautiful and so were the bride and groom.

[@user-si9sm9ck2r]

The wedding organiser is amazing.

[@lalladicko4123]

So beautiful ❤🎉

[@nanunanusa]

Beautiful wedding. This is Eritrean culture also. Just a few things bit different 🇪🇷🇪🇷

[@user-fl3ck2qq5u]

they are tigrayn did you not hear the mum speaking so its the same

[@nanunanusa]

@@user-fl3ck2qq5u they are Tigray Not Eritrean.

[@colourcoco]

I LOVE MY TIGRAY CULTURE ❤💛❤️💛❤️!!!!!!! Such a beautiful wedding! ❤️❤️❤️ congrats to KAHSAY and HIS WIFE!

[@user-ej3yq3eu8p]

😂😂😂😂😂ትግራይ ካንትሪ ወየው

[@colourcoco]

@@user-ej3yq3eu8pstop hating! We all have our cultures within Ethiopia

[@channelshalom8914]

Still singing Amhara wedding music at wedding though 😅😂

[@StopTheLiess]

❤ 💛❤💛Tigray❤ 💛❤💛

[@milkiasshows]

ከም ናይ ኣብርሃምን ሰራን ይግበሮ።ዉላደኩም የርኤና❤❤❤❤❤🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉❤❤❤❤

[@mohammedkamil9930]

This is the real respect for woman

[@ruthquetant7375]

Gorgeous couple💖

[@Gracitagouv]

I like Chandni (?). I think that what she is looking for is not in indian culture.

[@kalkidan__eyasu]

😍😍woow what a beautiful wedding

[@Black-lioness]

This only happens in the rural parts of Ethiopia, this is different in the capital cities across Ethiopia .

[@simethio2517]

Which part? Not only rural . is it used to be a tradition in the capital.too. ጥሎሽ መልስ ቅልቅል not anymore I guess

[@rediettadesse2828]

It is a culture

[@T-7702]

Not ruler. It is just Addis. People are charging things which is not nice

[@StopTheLiess]

This is traditional Tigray wedding

[@simethio2517]

@@StopTheLiess I’m not Tigray but we do have exact same tradition ❤️

[@investigacaoeleitv]

There's a bit too much show-off of the gifts, in my opinion. Although it's their culture, it's not a way to live to impress people with what you can financially give to your wife.

[@almaz-rudy8793]

God bless your your life together 💕🙏💕💕

[@rachaelbempomaaapenteng4888]

This is so beautiful ❤❤❤

[@MISS_SHERRY]

Wow

[@christellepene]

These Ethiopians men are cute, could someone get one their numbers? especially the one with the dreadlocks

[@CurlyKei]

I loved to see this traditional wedding

[@abernard3294]

Great to see and interesting

[@susheeladewprashad9226]

Congratulations to this beautiful couple.❤️

[@silverentertainment5825]

Congrats and god bless🙏🏿👏

[@lina9514]

Such a beautiful marriage, may God bless it ❤ 🇪🇹❤️

[@abebr69]

God bless your marriage

[@selamuyhabena7038]

Kahsay and mimi 😅😊🥰🤩😍 beautiful couple congratulations God bless your union ❤️

[@MH_Prof]

Interesting to see the similarities and differences between Hindu, Muslim, and Orthodox Christian weddings and how traditions influence them from country to country.

[@destalencho9106]

Fantastic

[@konjitesubalewslays]

የተባረከ ትዳር ይሁን

[@itsaliveunfortunatly8961]

Thank you

[@Etsegi7]

May God bless your marriage💚💛❤️

[@maxinegeorge6359]

I love Thiopia.

[@audreysuite]

Beautiful

[@elagrima1046]

tank you for showing rell ethiopan calture

[@helenthomas5230]

KAHSAY SPEAKS TIGRIGNA WHY WOULD HE CHOSE THE WORD TELOSH INSTEAD OF GEZMI , OR SHELEMAT IN HIS CASE ?

[@btafe]

🙄 oh here we go...nothing is good enough for people like u. Always complaining

[@iamfanoenemfanonegn]

You stupid he is representing ethiopian not only tigray

[@jemts5586]

Who knows... Maybe that's the word his family or community uses, despite having an equivalent in Tigrinya. People aren't so rigid like that. They use whatever words they gain the habit of using.

[@helenthomas5230]

@@jemts5586 They are not rigid, hahaha . Jumping to another language's wordes ,while there are excess and adequate words in urown language is rather negligence or inferiority complex

[@rediettadesse2828]

​@helenthomas5230 ok 😮

[@user-wr1if7vf7p]

ስታምሩ 🙏🙏🙏🙏

[@user-kp5qo5ql3c]

❤❤❤🎉🎉🎉 በጣም ታምራላችሁ። ብሩክ ይሁን።

[@sitotastudio]

Happy Wedding

[@fikerm1327]

God bless your marriage 🙏. Make God the centre of your union 🙏

[@user-xn7kp7xo1u]

መንካም ጋብቻ

[@michellewinkler3985]

wow that wedding must have cost a lot!

[@DolphineAchonga-gn6kn]

The family and community usually chip in to cover a lot of the cost.

[@maxinegeorge6359]

Ethiopia

[@kaleahcollins4567]

I mean im black american and my parents were kindah arranged and their horoscopes perfectly match in every way.

[@deannawiederhold3326]

I love watching these Weddings but I can't forget that I have seen how poor the people live.

[@user-nq9fc9on5b]

That is extravagant. Make wedding simple and marriage beautiful and meaningful. You cannot buy a partner..

[@T-7702]

Jealous 😂

[@user-nq9fc9on5b]

@@T-7702 How can one be jealous of someone who doesn't know? make wed. simple & marriage beautiful is an advice.

[@StopTheLiess]

@@user-nq9fc9on5bno one cares about your opinion

[@RLshellmo]

😂 Can someone do the arranging for me..