Native American Weddings

Navajo Historian, Wally Brown, teaches about the Navajo wedding ceremony, some of the symbolism and what leads up to the ceremony. As with the rest of our culture, the wedding ceremony is fading away and fewer and fewer people are practicing it. Enjoy the exclusive look into the ceremony and see what you can learn from it. Enjoy the video.
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[@lorrainewtouchine1221]

My parents had an arranged marriage. Neither of them new or seen each other until the day of the wedding. They had a Navajo wedding. This past February we celebrated their 50th Anniversary.. As for my husband and I , we also had a Navajo wedding. I was very honored to have my dad do the wedding ceremony. Something I will cherish dear to my heart…

[@staciwashington3212]

Thank you Grandfather. My Grandma Essie Mae and Grandpa Carl were married on your reservation. So beautiful.

[@dogfacedponysoldier1692]

I attended a wedding back in the 90s out near White Horse Lake, beautiful ceremony.

[@charmvenus4583]

This is so helpful for reassurance. I am getting married, Navajo wedding and my family explained this to me and this video makes it so much easier to remember! Thank you!!! Ahé héé!

[@sandydaviswhytelewis5387]

Thankyou again Wally🌽💙

[@rebeccadee4107]

Thank you for sharing the marital tradition of your people, it made me reflect on my own inner tradition of the fae.

[@crazy4277]

Thank you Mr. Brown and Shane...

[@jameschryst3960]

Thank you Grandfather!

[@normanschmidt8389]

My deepest gratitude.

[@normanschmidt8389]

My respect for you and your teachings, Elder. I don't know if you are aware of this, but everyone of your videos that I said thank you to contained, in sequence, messages from my Higher Power to me. This one allowed me to know His will for my intended and I. I will always remember your part in this miracle from my Creator. Blessings of Joy, Beauty, Confidence and Peace to you and your family.

[@eleonoraformatoneeszczepan8807]

@Norman Schmidt, my Norm, your Ellie.

[@michaeleastham9495]

Thank you so much I appreciate it I'm trying to learn about my heritage. Mama Z on Dad's profile he is passed

[@staciwashington3212]

Offerings 🌹🌷💞🥀

[@louishernandez2830]

It is sad that my Great great grandmother who I met only spoke shoshone died in 2012 and lived like a native only less than 100 years. And her daughter my great grandmother was stripped of her right to speak shoshone. She was put into boarding school and they didn't want her to speak shoshone. And when my great great passed away my great grandmother had no one to talk shoshone with. I believe I was the only one from her to actually want to learn shoshone and she taught me a couple of words.

[@Blackgoldart1]

Mr. Brown, why do the Woman's family and the Man's family sit at certain directions? Nahookos, Ha' a' aah? Does North represent Winter, the Mid - night, moon and darkness (feminine) and South represent Summer, Mid - day, Sun and light (masculine?) In some cultures and histories worldwide, people have written of this - is this the same for Dine Men and Women?

[@YohanSBach]

Bideawee

[@KREN12623]

🙏🙏🙏

[@Z3nHolEminD]

👍

[@doctorpunchy9854]

Good medicine

[@marcelroskam9313]

Question: How do you say in Navajo: Do you want to marry me?

[@chuckhainsworth4801]

That is a difficult sentence to say, because you have to understand, most nations because of the traditional arranged by clan (or that Nations equivalent). So traditionally, you can't say that. Now, I know that for the Cree, the sentence that they use for that concept won't contain any of the Cree words traditionally associated with marriage, sort of. Don't even get me started on the difficulty of finding the right word or sequence that foreign concepts like "want" produce.

[@marcelroskam9313]

@@chuckhainsworth4801 Interesting linguïstical difference to what Western culture calls normal

[@YohanSBach]

Yes

[@AdzaanMaiiTso]

Usually the parents are the ones who propose marriage. And men marry into the women's family so sometimes, a girl's parents will go to the man and ask him to talk to his parents so they can all talk. It all depends.

[@kathryncarter6143]

I didn't think love was involved. I thought it was all pre arranged.

[@deltonlomatai2309]

Why are so many not getting married, living together and having kids? Is it just decay of family values brought on by the boarding schools?