The Administration of Customary Marriage in the Bakgatla Ba A Mocha Ba Marapyane

Abstract

Marriage is administered differently within ethnic groupings of Batswana with each tribe observing and practising rituals and customs that are peculiar to it. This paper sheds light on the marriage customs of the Bakgatla ba a Mocha through its different phases, from its initiation, betrothal, the seeking of the hand of the woman’s hand in marriage through to the wedding ceremony. The research methodologies that will be applied are semiotics and moral philosophical didactics.