Gauna

This is the name for the ceremony of
taking a new bride into her marital
home for the first time. The addition of a
new bride marks an important change
for a family and is a time of both opportunity and danger. On one hand, it carries the potential for great blessings,
since it is assumed that the bride and
groom will soon begin a family. On the
other hand, it also carries the threat of
danger since the addition of a new person to the family brings the potential for
disruption. The bride and her new family
perform various rituals to ensure that
her addition to the family will be auspicious and harmonious.