At the beginning of Alan Donovan’s book, My Journey through African Heritage, he quotes something Robert Redford says to Meryl Streep in the film version of Karen Blixen’s ‘Out of Africa’: ‘We’re not ...

For Brehan, a 37-year-old bride-to-be in Dallas with both Ethiopian and Eritrean roots, the decision to get her hair braided for her mels, or reception, wasn’t about vanity—it was about return. About ...

There are several factors behind the decline of the traditional wedding dress, including financial pressures and growth in ...

The five canons of classical rhetoric – invention, arrangement, style, memory and delivery – can be very helpful when writing ...

A recent study by researchers Dr. Dorota Dzierzbicka and Dr. Daria Elagina re-examined and translated a rare first-hand account of a 16th-century Ethiopian monk visiting old Dongola, Sudan.

New York City–based wedding makeup artist Sarah Ahn has noticed a new trend with her brides: “Korean-American brides have ...

When my husband and I got married, we chose to include a moment that was a little different from a traditional wedding. It was perfect for us, but we got some vocal pushback from family and friends.

"The suit that I want to wear, I want it to reference a traditional Korean hanbok that you would wear at a wedding, but reference," Booster says. "I want there to be little touches in the ceremony." ...

The ritual, which originated from the United Kingdom, is meant to ward off rain Ally Chandler; Lucy Kalice Brides all around the world are following the United Kingdom wedding tradition of burying ...

Adding to the tradition, florist Philippa Craddock worked something old into Meghan’s bouquet: sprigs of myrtle from a plant grown from the myrtle used in Queen Elizabeth’s 1947 wedding ...