Jumping the broom
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jumping-the-broom-172-16685599
title:
Jumping the broom
text:
Jumping the broom is a phrase and custom relating to a wedding ceremony in which the couple jumps over a broom. It is most widespread among African Americans and Black Canadians, popularized during the 1970s by the novel and miniseries Roots, and originated in mid-19th-century antebellum slavery in the United States. The custom is also attested in Irish weddings. Possibly based on an 18th-century idiomatic synonym for a sham marriage, it was popularized with the introduction of civil marriage in
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encyclopedia
description:
Wedding custom in some cultures
original url:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jumping_the_broom
date created:
2001-10-08T03:25:10Z
date modified:
2024-09-02T02:20:12Z
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