Traditional wedding of Bahnar ethnic people
The couple exchange wedding necklaces. (Photo: NDO/Khieu Minh)According to Dinh Moi, a staff at the Centre for Culture, Information and Sports of K’Bang District in Gia Lai Province, the traditional wedding of the Bahnar people is attended by the entire community, especially the village’s influential people. Dinh Moi said that when a young Bahnar couple decides to tie their knot, they will inform their matchmaker, who will represent them in meeting with the village’s elders and the two families to ask for their approval. When the marriage receives their parental approval, the matchmaker ...