An engagement ceremony for a ganzibra and his fiancée in Ahvaz. The actual marriage ceremony (qabin) was performed in October 2015.
An engagement ceremony for a ganzibra and his fiancée in Ahvaz. The actual marriage ceremony (qabin) was performed in October 2015.
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The qabin (Classical Mandaic: ࡒࡀࡁࡉࡍ) is the Mandaean wedding ritual. Mandaean weddings are typically held for several days. Traditionally, weddings must be officiated by a Mandaean priest and can only be performed for ethnic Mandaeans, although this has proved to be challenging for the contemporary Mandaean diaspora.[1]

During the qabin wedding ceremony, a Mandaean priest reads prayers from The Wedding of the Great Šišlam.[2] Zidqa brika, which includes hamra and various dried fruits and nuts, is also offered and consumed.[3]

Drower (1937: 59–71) contains a detailed account of a traditional Mandaean village wedding.[3]

A wedding chamber or canopy used during Mandaean wedding ceremonies is called an andiruna, a term which is also used to refer to temporary reed huts used during priest initiation ceremonies.

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References

  1. ^ Buckley, Jorunn Jacobsen (2002). The Mandaeans: ancient texts and modern people. New York: Oxford University Press. ISBN 0-19-515385-5. OCLC 65198443.
  2. ^ Drower, E. S. 1950. Šarḥ ḏ qabin ḏ šišlam rba (D. C. 38). Explanatory Commentary on the Marriage Ceremony of the great Šišlam. Rome: Ponteficio Istituto Biblico. (text transliterated and translated)
  3. ^ a b Drower, Ethel Stefana (1937). The Mandaeans of Iraq and Iran. Oxford At The Clarendon Press.

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