Howard-- that was great you sharing the web page for the custom!! Harold Stephens ---- Original Message ---- From: gedrawoh@triad.rr.com To: GEORGIA-L@rootsweb.com, Subject: RE: [GEORGIA] Marriage Custom Question Date: Tue, 16 Sep 2003 15:36:13 -0400 >I found this on the internet at >http://www.african-weddings.com/jumping_the_broom . Thanks for >asking the >question. I never have thought about it and would not have tried to >find out >unless you had asked. > >1-2-3... Jump! > > >Jumping the broom has become one of the most popular African >traditions at >weddings-traditional and African-centered. History tells us our >ancestors >created the ritual during slavery. > >Because slaves could not legally marry, they created their own >rituals to >honor their unions. It is said that broom jumping comes from an >African >Tribal Marriage Ritual of placing sticks on the ground representing >the >couple's new home together. > >The "Jumping of the Broom" is a symbol of sweeping away the old and >welcoming the new, or a symbol of new beginnings. > >Today's ceremony can be performed at the wedding, after the minister >pronounces the couple man and wife or at the reception, just after >the >bridal party enters the reception area. > > > >-----Original Message----- >From: Scalawag1867@aol.com [mailto:Scalawag1867@aol.com] >Sent: Tuesday, September 16, 2003 11:07 AM >To: GEORGIA-L@rootsweb.com >Subject: Re: [GEORGIA] Marriage Custom Question > > >Another wedding custom. > >Why did the black people getting married jump over a broom. > >If you know, please let me know. > >Sandra > > >==== GEORGIA Mailing List ==== >NOTICE: Posting of virus warnings, test messages, chain letters, >political >announcements, current events, items for sale, personal messages, >flames, >etc. (in other words - spam) is NOT ALLOWED and will be grounds for >removal. >Consideration for exceptions, contact Kathleen Burnett >kathleenburnett@earthlink.net > >============================== >To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion online genealogy >records, go >to: >http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1237 > > > >==== GEORGIA Mailing List ==== >NOTICE: Posting of virus warnings, test messages, chain letters, >political >announcements, current events, items for sale, personal messages, >flames, >etc. (in other words - spam) is NOT ALLOWED and will be grounds for >removal. >Consideration for exceptions, contact Kathleen Burnett >kathleenburnett@earthlink.net > >============================== >To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion online genealogy >records, go to: >http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1237 > >