Why did the bride kneel to feed the groom wedding cake?
I went to a wedding in Uganda, and the bride and groom cut the cake before they served the meal. Once the cake was cut, the groom sat down and the bride got down on her knees to hand feed him cake. The groom then fed his wife a slice of cake and then everyone started dancing at the reception. Was that symbolic or was that just a unique way to have cake at a reception?
Well. Umm It sounds like one I went to that was Nigerian so I can hazard a guess that is the same reason why.
It is a symbol that the bride is accepting her husband's position as the head of the household and the 'leader' as it were.It's based on the bible where the man is the spiritual head of the household....and then on tradition where the man is the physical head of the household. It's not her being subservient or anything btw, just so you know.
To be sure you can try typing in Ugandan or African wedding traditions in google then doing a search within result and put in kneeling and cake cutting or something like that.
Hope it explains somewhat.
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