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'''Bekisa''' describesis a [[Zulu people|Zulu]] custom whereby a man asks a young girl not yet physically matured enough for marriage (considered to be roughly 16) to wait for him so they can be married when she has reached this age. ThisThe girl is merely a romantic gesture and does not require the girlrequired to honour the request, as she may fall in love with whoeverwhomever she wishes.

==See also==

'''Bekisa''' describes a [[Zulu]] custom whereby a man asks a young girl not yet physically matured enough for marriage (considered to be roughly 16) to wait for him so they can be married when she has reached this age. This is merely a romantic gesture and does not require the girl to honour the request, as she may fall in love with whoever she wishes.

*[[Convention on Consent to Marriage, Minimum Age for Marriage, and Registration of Marriages]]

*[[Courtship]]

*[[Marriageable age]]

==External links==

*[https://web.archive.org/web/20061001192135/http://www2.rz.hu-berlin.de/sexology/GESUND/ARCHIV/GUS/ZULU.HTM Mention of Bekisa in child sexual development of the Zulu]

[[Category:Zulu culture]]

[[Category:Zulu words and phrases]]

[[Category:Marriage in Africa]]

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