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The qabin () is the Mandaean
Šarḥ ḏ qabin ḏ šišlam rba (D. C. 38). Explanatory Commentary on the Marriage Ceremony of the great Šišlam
'. Rome: Ponteficio Istituto Biblico. (text transliterated and translated)
Mandaean weddings in StockholmA Mandaean wedding televised in Baghdad in 1993
with Tarmida
Qabeen (Marriage)
the marriage of Fazel Atta and Rim Talib, preceded by baptism {{Authority control Mandaean rituals Weddings by religion Mandaic words and phrases Iranian words and phrases
The qabin () is the Mandaean wedding
A wedding is a ceremony in which two people are united in marriage. Wedding traditions and customs vary greatly between cultures, ethnicity, ethnicities, Race (human categorization), races, religions, Religious denomination, denominations, Cou ...
ritual. Mandaean weddings are typically held for several days. Traditionally, weddings must be officiated by a Mandaean priest
A Mandaean priest or ''Tarmida'' () refers to an ordained religious leader in Mandaeism.
Overview
All priests must undergo lengthy ordination ceremonies, beginning with tarmida initiation. Mandaean religious leaders and copyists of religious text ...
and can only be performed for ethnic Mandaeans
Mandaeans (Mandaic language, Mandaic: ࡌࡀࡍࡃࡀࡉࡉࡀ) ( ), also known as Mandaean Sabians ( ) or simply as Sabians ( ), are an ethnoreligious group who are followers of Mandaeism. They believe that John the Baptist was the final and ...
, although this has proved to be challenging for the contemporary Mandaean diaspora.
During the ''qabin'' wedding ceremony, a Mandaean priest
A Mandaean priest or ''Tarmida'' () refers to an ordained religious leader in Mandaeism.
Overview
All priests must undergo lengthy ordination ceremonies, beginning with tarmida initiation. Mandaean religious leaders and copyists of religious text ...
reads prayers from ''The Wedding of the Great Šišlam
''The Wedding of the Great Shishlam'' ( ) is a Mandaean text. As a liturgical rather than esoteric text, it contains instructions and hymns for the Mandaean marriage ceremony. Traditionally, Mandaean priests recite the entire book at marriage ce ...
''.Drower, E. S. 1950. Šarḥ ḏ qabin ḏ šišlam rba (D. C. 38). Explanatory Commentary on the Marriage Ceremony of the great Šišlam
'. Rome: Ponteficio Istituto Biblico. (text transliterated and translated)
Zidqa brikha
In Mandaeism, the zidqa brikha (or ''zidqa brika''; ) is a type of ritual meal blessed by Mandaean priests. ''Zidqa'' means oblation and can also mean alms, while ''brikha'' means blessed.Drower, Ethel Stefana. 1937. ''The Mandaeans of Iraq and Ir ...
, which includes hamra and various dried fruits and nuts, is also offered and consumed. A bridal chamber called the ''gnana'', consisting of a canopy and white cloth, is set up for the bride and groom.
Drower (1937: 59–71) contains a detailed account of a traditional Mandaean village wedding.
A wedding chamber or canopy used during Mandaean wedding ceremonies is called an ''andiruna
An andiruna () is a temporary reed (plant), reed hut used during Mandaean priest initiation ceremonies.Ethel Stefana Drower, Drower, E. S. 1937. ''The Mandaeans of Iraq and Iran''. Leiden: Brill (1962 reprint).
Etymology
The term ''andiruna'' ...
'', a term which is also used to refer to temporary reed huts used during priest initiation ceremonies.
See also
*Jewish wedding
A Jewish wedding is a wedding ceremony that follows Halakha, Jewish laws and Jewish culture, traditions. While wedding ceremonies vary, common features of a Jewish wedding include a ''ketubah'' (marriage contract) that is signed by two witnesse ...
*Islamic marital practices
Islamic marital or ''nikah'' practices are traditions and practices that relate to wedding ceremonies and marriage rituals in the Muslim world. Muslims are guided by Sharia, Islamic laws and practices specified in the Quran, but Islamic marriag ...
*Bridal Chamber
Valentinianism was one of the major Gnostic Christian movements. Founded by Valentinus ( CE – CE) in the 2nd century, its influence spread widely, not just within the Roman Empire but also from northwest Africa to Egypt through to Asia Minor an ...
in Valentinianism
*Qulasta
The Qulasta, also spelled Qolastā in older sources (; ), is a compilation of Mandaean prayers. The Mandaic word ''qolastā'' means "collection".
The prayerbook is a collection of Mandaic prayers regarding baptisms ('' maṣbuta'') and other sa ...
*List of Qulasta prayers
The list below contains the 414 Mandaean prayers in E. S. Drower's 1959 ''Canonical Prayerbook'' (also known as the Qulasta), along with their ritual uses. Many of the prayers are identical or nearly identical duplicates of other prayers in the ...
References
External links
Mandaean weddings in Stockholm
with Tarmida
Rafid al-Sabti
Rbai Rafid al-Sabti, known in full as Rafid al-Rishama Abdallah al-Ganzibra Zahrun al-Rishama Abdallah al-Sabti (; born 1965, Iraq), is an Iraqi-Dutch Mandaean priest in Nijmegen, Netherlands.
Biography
Al-Sabti was born in 1965 to Rishama Ab ...
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