but i heard from this old old old guy that there use to be a tradition in which once a couble gets married, they get into a buul or there home, with the entire villagers waiting out side. in this case, the woman is tide down to a chair or something tightly, or the girl is overall wrap up in ropes. well anywayz, the guy is required to unwrap the girl, using all his might, and if the he succeeds he can start his major,if not, and the girl wins this semi-battle, the girl is taken out of the house, with the guy inside, and the house torn down with him inside it.
if he cant handle her on the first day, how can he the next, is there moto i quess.[/quote]
That's just fuked up... so the villagers attempt to kill the groom, is that what you're saying.
Kambuli,
If your account is true that is its somali rather than Masai as Xplaya said, then I think some facets of somali culture are remediably redeemable.