Himba

Among the Himba, the groom and members of his family kidnap the bride before the ceremony, and decorate her in an ekori, a marriage headdress made of leather. When the bride arrives at her husband’s new home, his relatives tell her what her responsibilities as his wife will be, and they show her their acceptance into their family by anointing her with butterfat from cows.

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Source: National Geographic Magazine, November 1999, Volume 196, No. 5