Can anybody explain the strange marriage custom of the African American ” Jumping the Broom”?
The Jumping the Broom is a ceremony in which the bride and groom, either at the ceremony or at the reception, signify their entrance into a new life and their creation of a new family by symbolically sweeping away their former single lives, former problems and concerns, and jumping over the broom to enter upon a new adventure as wife and husband.This leap into a new life (marriage as wife and husband) is performed in the presence of families and friends. You can be as creative as you want when planning for this special ceremony . African Americans embrace the Jumping the broom ritual.
