Beti: "The bride Nishan signing the marriage certificate. In Ethiopia, people can sign the marriage certificate and stay engaged for a while and have the wedding ceremony later on before they start their lives together. Or, they can have just the engagement party and get married. In this engagement party, the couples are planning not to have a big wedding. They are planning to start their lives with this ceremony. During the signature ceremony the couples sign the certificate and the municipality man reads the content to the guest and the family members."

[Photo by Beti | ]