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[–] [email protected] 59 points 3 months ago (2 children)

It has it's roots in African-American culture from during slavery, but it's a Welsh and Irish tradition that had something to do with the marriages not being recognized by the state. The enslaved people adopted it because their marriages were also not legally recognized.

[–] [email protected] 14 points 3 months ago (1 children)

Ey, maybe those fellas are O'Brien or something

[–] [email protected] 23 points 3 months ago

I have Irish heritage and can confirm that this is a thing I have heard of too

[–] [email protected] 10 points 3 months ago (1 children)

was a sword sometimes too, right?

[–] [email protected] 6 points 3 months ago

I'd never heard of it with a sword, but from what I just learned from a quick skim of Wikipedia, yes.

[–] [email protected] 23 points 3 months ago (2 children)

There was this one ladies wedding where the soon to be mother in law wanted to honor her blackness by having jumping the broom at the wedding - fiancé/groom and his mom were very very white. Except the bride was, like, Nigerian and didn't have any connection to it as a tradition. And the mom just wouldn't get it. I think she ended up boycotting the wedding with her family or something at the end??? And kept insisting that they have jumping the broom at the ceremony

[–] [email protected] 24 points 3 months ago

Except the bride was, like, Nigerian and didn't have any connection to it as a tradition.

until this part i was kinda just thinking "ok whatever just jump over the broom is it really worth fighting over" but nah i think this shifts it to full on "feel free not to attend the wedding then, lady"

[–] [email protected] 3 points 3 months ago

If this the same story I read, the MIL made her own custom broom after the bride had explained how she has no cultural connection that tradition

[–] [email protected] 20 points 3 months ago (1 children)

I have been to a bunch of weddings, done photography for several as well, and I have never even heard of this tradition. Is this regional?

[–] [email protected] 12 points 3 months ago

No idea I'm a fredo from southamerica, I stole this image

[–] [email protected] 17 points 3 months ago (1 children)

i can see the broom but where is the gride?

[–] [email protected] 3 points 3 months ago

in african american culture, photograph of the whitest people ever