Jambia dances are performed to the rhythem of drums. On different days she wears the traditional wedding costume and a white Western wedding dress. A female singer and lutist may entertain the guests, or Western disco. Arabic belly-dance music may be played and the guests invited to dance . On the wedding night, the bride is brought by her father and other relatives to the groom s house to meet her future husband , From the moment she croses the doorstep she belongs to the house of the husband .
Burials commonly take place on the very day a person dies.
The deceased is covered with a richly embroidered blanket . After a prayer in the mosque, he is carried by four men on a bier to the graveyard , accompanied by male relatives and friends singing religious songs . After the burial, the family gathers for a meal to share remembrance of the dear person who left them. EThiopia Designed by BAW Web Publishing Service. Designed By BAW Web Publishing Service.