Although this research report is based on the bridal narrative, it will, however, be mainly addressing the plight of the Xhosa umakoti. As addressed in a later section, Christianity is the main religious denomination which has had an influence on the Xhosa culture and this report will, therefore, be outlining the Christian perspective of marriage rather than the more westernized or universal marriage concepts. For discussion purposes this report will be adopting the Xhosa and Christian perspective of a marriage union, those being heterosexual marriages, a marriage between man and woman (Goodacre,2007; Church, 2002).
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No different to a peacock spreading its feathers to deflect from its feet, we too are shown the white wedding dress [1]rather being shown what lies behind the closed doors of the happily ever after. When Yeshua[2] walked the earth, He too pointed out the hypocrisies which were found in the house of God[3], how women, children and even the underprivileged were mistreated; but mostly challenged the teachers of those days on the fact that they simply allowed all of this to happen (Matthew, 67AD). Therefore it would only be just to challenge any custom which would contradict what Yeshua and the early church had taught, especially when it said to be based in the name of the Christ.
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