Veils and tiara�s; not for every girl

While in modern times, a bride’s veil is often merely an accessory to the traditional white or cream bridal costume, it has a long history. It symbolises different things in different times and cultures, but it is generally designed to hide a virgin’s face.

Let me add that this is not a traditional African culture, but we have since adopted it anyway.

This white dress and veil topic cropped on my mind a few days ago after I stumbled across a friend’s post on the same topic on social media.

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Congratulations Anicia Gaothuse!

The contest had 10 beautiful young girls as finalists and unfortunately only one could wear the crown.The judges picked Anicia Gaothuse. To all those who feel their contestant should have won ahead of Anicia for whatever reason, hardly; the judges found Anicia to be the best among the best, so desist from disrespecting our newly crowned queen on social media or anywhere else, for that matter! Each of the 10 beautiful young women had supporters...

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