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Jumping the broom has become one of the most popular African traditions at weddings-traditional and African-centered. History tells us that the ancestral roots of this ritual began deep in the heart of Africa. It's original purpose and significance has been lost over the years because of the association with slavery.
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Jumping the broom - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Jumping the broom is an African American phrase and custom relating to wedding ceremonies. In some African-American communities, marrying couples will end their ceremony by jumping over a broomstick,...
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Slaveholders reasoned that if allowed to formally marry and live together, the disenfranchised Africans might gather their numbers and revolt, according to Harriette Cole, former fashion editor of Essence magazine and author of "Jumping the Broom Wedding Workbook" (Henry Holt, $18.95).
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Contrary to published reports "Jumping the broom" wasnot invented by "slaves" or during slavery ... Jumping the broom or in some cases jumping over an imaginary line is an African ritual, or tradition still being practiced in some parts of West Africa. Jumping the broom is NOT associated with slavery. Enslaved Africans,
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(Part I) Ritual On These Shores; (Excerpt Jumping the Broom pages 17 & 18) ... Out of their creativity came the tradition of jumping the broom. The broom itself held spiritual significance for many African peoples, representing the beginning of homemaking for a couple.
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Tempi Durham's Wedding; (Excerpt Jumping the Broom pages 19-20) ... They did have eleven children, which prompted Tempie to write, "I was worth a heap to Marse George, 'kaze I had so many chillun." Here's her version of jumping the broom:
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Mischievous boys played with this symbolism by placing a birch broom over a doorstep before an unmarried lady went out of the house. This was supposed to make her pregnant before marriage!
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"Jumping the Broom," is celebrated on this date. This is an African American phrase and custom for marriage. The significance of the broom to African-Americans heritage and history originates in the West African country of Ghana.
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