How marriage celebrations have evolved

It is no longer an undertaking that the community perceive a marriage union as 'their' project where they can contribute in cash or kind to ensure its success.

Monthusi Sethora deposits that, "In the past a marriage celebration was one of the ways that brought families together. This was so because traditionally there were certain roles that were assigned to specific people in the family by virtue of their positions in the family. In other words these were roles that were perceived more as a birth right for such individuals. For example there were specific roles that had to be performed by the uncles and the aunts such as asking for a wife. It was their area of specialization. They were the ones who would spearhead the bogadi negotiations that was central to the whole marriage process."