A YOUNG white American couple who wanted to embrace African customs were married in a colourful, traditional Xhosa wedding at Qokolweni in Mthatha last Saturday.
The wedding ceremony of the couple from Chicago took the villagers by surprise.
Gabriel Suk, a business consultant and his wife Dr Kimberly Gangster-Suk said they had been inspired by Xhosa culture and African traditions.
The wedding had traditional dance, food and umqombothi beer. The marquee décor used three-legged pots, huts, pumpkins, mielies and grass mats to portray the Xhosa way of living.
The couple looked radiant in traditional Xhosa attire. Suk walked barefooted and carried a beaded stick. He wore a beaded vest, and his wife wore sandals; her face was decorated in the traditional manner.
Suk said they had decided to marry in South Africa after meeting the friendly Sangoni family in Qokolweni where he had been a researcher in 2001.
He said he was touched by South African culture and decided to tie the knot here.
“ My wife is a doctor and has been to Tanzania, Kenya, Ghana and is now in Botswana. But for me the Eastern Cape has this special place in my heart.”
The couple has promised to build a school for the needy children of Qokolweni village. —
US couple tie knot in Africa
The wedding ceremony of the couple from Chicago took the villagers by surprise.
Gabriel Suk, a business consultant and his wife Dr Kimberly Gangster-Suk said they had been inspired by Xhosa culture and African traditions.
The wedding had traditional dance, food and umqombothi beer. The marquee décor used three-legged pots, huts, pumpkins, mielies and grass mats to portray the Xhosa way of living.
The couple looked radiant in traditional Xhosa attire. Suk walked barefooted and carried a beaded stick. He wore a beaded vest, and his wife wore sandals; her face was decorated in the traditional manner.
Suk said they had decided to marry in South Africa after meeting the friendly Sangoni family in Qokolweni where he had been a researcher in 2001.
He said he was touched by South African culture and decided to tie the knot here.
“ My wife is a doctor and has been to Tanzania, Kenya, Ghana and is now in Botswana. But for me the Eastern Cape has this special place in my heart.”
The couple has promised to build a school for the needy children of Qokolweni village. —
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