TOPIC: MASAI MARRIAGE CEREMONY IN TANZANIA Tanzania has more than 120 ethnic groups. The largest are the Sukuma and the Nyamwezi. Each represents about a fifth of the country's population and both speak a Bantu language. A well-known non-Bantu tribe, the Masai, occupies the northeastern region. On Zanzibar, many people are descended from Arabian peoples, including the Shirazi of Persia and Comorians from the Comoro Islands in the Indian Ocean. Asians and Europeans are small minorities …showed first 75 words of 764 total…

…showed last 75 words of 764 total…birth to a boy called Juma or a girl called Christina, the mother may be called Mama Juma or Mama Christina. Young girls are considered marriageable when they reach their early teens. In the rural areas, young people choose their spouses, often with the help of a matchmaker, who may be a friend or a relative. The families of the couple help to arrange the marriage. Today, intermarriage between ethnic groups is becoming more common.