Another Friday of my trying to be more light-hearted than intense or profound. (Yet with some provocative insights into today’s issues.)
A wedding is “a marriage ceremony usually with festivities” and rituals according to various cultures and/or religions. The marriage however, is the union between two persons, usually based on some form of contract according to law, religion or cultural custom.
To be really flippant about an institution – marriage – seemingly under stress and even attack, let’s look at the weddings in today’s Guyana. Just a few communities are still fortunate to have the bride-and-groom-to-be participate in pre-wedding ceremonies these days. The “Indian” ceremony is the matticore; the African version is an elaborate event wherein the
