Netizens Stunned By Video Of Groom, His Family Kneeling To Enter Bride's Home: "Robbing One's Respect"

• A video of a groom and his family has caused quite a debate on social media, with Kenyans offering differing opinions
• The video shared by @OyuluPatrick showed a groom and his family getting into his bride's home while kneeling down
• Netizens were divided over the video, with some stating that they would never allow their family to kneel for love

A bride and groom have sparked a debate online after a video of the man and his family getting into the bride's family house went viral.

The footage captured a moment during a wedding ceremony where the groom and his family knelt to enter the bride's home, sparking a heated debate about the significance of such customs and whether they cross the line into robbing one's respect.

The video, which quickly went viral on Twitter, showed a wedding scene where the groom and his family are expected to kneel in reverence and submission as they enter the bride's home.

Acholi traditions on weddings dictates

According to the clip, the man and woman belong to the Nilotic ethnic group of the Acholi people.

Their traditional practice is seen as a symbol of respect towards the bride and her family.

The man wrote:

"An Acholi traditional pathway to 'Nyom' (wedding). Immediately the suiters enter the home of the mother-of-the-bride-to-be, they are required to get in their hands and knees as a sign of respect, and crawl to the mother's door."

He also disclosed that when the groom and his family got to the house, they were expected to give out cash.

"Yet again when they reach, there is another entrance fee."

Netizens react to groom and family kneeling

However, many viewers expressed concern that such customs perpetuate outdated gender roles and patriarchal beliefs.

Here is what they had to say:

@BeataAryna

"This is why I am grateful for civilization because what is this?"

@SheilaKhama

"Is my observation correct that in many cultures preservation of traditional attire tends to be through women and that men do wear western attire?"

@Childof92

"The bride is such a beauty. Besides, the groom happily did it. When a man loves you with all his heart, he could roll in mud if that's what it takes to marry you."

@ingenious_u

"I see why there are few intermarriages between Acholi and Bakiga."

Bride dies, sister relaces her immediately

In other what some might term 'bizarre wedding news', when a bride, Surbhi, collapsed and died during her wedding, the family decided to let her sister become the replacement.

The wedding then continued as her body lay cold in the next room.

According to Daily Mail, Surbhi's relatives revealed that it was a tough decision to agree that the wedding continues despite what had happened.