A wedding in Sitima

Yesterday I went to my first Malawian wedding. I didn't actually know the couple but as a Masungu living in the village I was invited. The wedding was beautiful; celebrated in the church with a humdinger of a party in the village hall afterwards.

I haven't yet got my head around what a marriage actually is.It seems that when a couple become sexually involved with each other they say they are married and then if they split up they report being divorced.

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ormal marriages like the one yesterday don't seem to happen too often