Marriage Ceremony Cancelled After Man Finds Bride’s Thigh Tattoo, Social Media in Disbelief
- A Twitter user claimed that one family rejected their potential daughter-in-law because of tattoos
- The Twitter post got a lot of attention as people found the details about the process to be harrowing
- People in the comments doubted that the story was true and discussed how the scenario would be criminal
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A story about unsuccessful bride price negotiations in South Africa went Twitter viral. People were horrified by how a woman's in-laws found tattoos on her.
The story sounded traumatising, but many people questioned whether it was true. People commented, discussing the unfortunate situation, and most had burning questions.
Woman supposedly rejected by in-laws at pride price negotiations
A Twitter post by @lebohangbokako claims that lobola negotiations [or pride price negotiations] were cancelled after the future bride got her chastity tested by the uncle. During the traditional ceremony, he saw a tattoo on her thigh.
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The lobola ceremony is a formal process of negotiation between two families in order to come to a mutual agreement on the price. According to tradition, it was customary to pay the lobola with cattle. In present times, however, the payment can be made with money or cattle, depending on the families' circumstances.
Read the post below:
South Africans doubt tweep's lobola story is true
Many people were shocked that uncles were supposedly doing the traditional chastity test. According to The Christian Science Monitor, traditionally, the test is done by elderly women in the family. Many people guessed the person behind the Twitter account was making up the story.
@VuyoTheGreat commented:
"In today's episode of things that didn’t happen."
@Mabhusula1 commented:
"Discovered during what?? Done by who?"
@Thembeka__ commented:
"What a boring story that never happened."
@BriiScotch commented:
"Why is the man's uncle the one doing the testing? It's already invasive that oAunty do it. Now malume? She dodged a bullet."
Lady calls off marriage after man paid over GH¢14k for bride price
Meanwhile, YEN.com.gh reported in a separate story that a Nigerian lady was dragged on social media after she cancelled her marriage.
The cancellation comes after the boyfriend had paid a bride price that was over GH¢14,000.
Many expressed shock at the content of the bride price.
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Source: Briefly.co.za