The female relatives of the bride cook for her and take care of her for these three days so that she can have complete rest.
When she is ready, the bride is brought out into the compound where all the guests are gathered in her all white outfit, and everyone takes pictures, wishing her well. The goom is also dressed in white and is here now on the “big day” of the wedding, but he may not have been here earlier while the party was happening.
The couple makes their way to the bride's bedroom that has been prepared ahead of time for her in the home of her husband. The couple will sit on the bed while guests shuffle in and take pictures with them, wishing them well and offering blessings. The bride is supposed to hold a traditional Pulaar spoon or kudu which I believe symbolizes her new role in the household as a provider of nourishment. More dancing, eating and socializing will happen in the household until the early hours.
Funerals
When someone dies in the Islamic faith, their body should not be touched until the Imam (if they are able to) has come and said a prayer over the body. The body will be buried in a cemetery outside of the village in a portion where other family members are buried. As most villages are made up mostly of people who are related to each other in one way or another, the bernde, or cemetery, is usually full of everyone from the same family. Bodies are buried because they believe cremating a body is wrong.
A reception, like a wake, is held at the family's house just a day or so after the person has died and sometimes a more formal service will take place graveside. Only men are allowed to go to the cemetery, but women are also buried there.
