Journal 5

What is your opinion of the marriage ceremony you read about in Chapter 12?
What was similar to weddings you know?

My opinion on the marriage of Obierika's daughters that it was very nice and fancy and seemed like a lot of fun, but it seemed kind of strange because the whole town went and the mom had to cook food for everyone. It seemed like weddings that I know and went to because everyone was so dressed up and everyone was dancing just like weddings happen nowadays.
OPINIONS
-weird
-informal
-rushed
-different
-foreign
SAME
-relatives
-music
-bride and groom
-dancing
-food
DIFFERENCES
-bride price
-animals
-timing (waited for sun to go down)
-no vows
-many wives

What struck you as foreign? What are the benefits to a ceremony like this?