What is a Habesha Wedding?
“Habesha” refers to people who come from Ethiopia or Eritrea in East Africa (at the horn of Africa). So a Habesha wedding is simply a wedding celebrated from these parts or by the Habesha people.

“Habesha” refers to people who come from Ethiopia or Eritrea in East Africa (at the horn of Africa). So a Habesha wedding is simply a wedding celebrated from these parts or by the Habesha people.

What is Melse or Melsi? A typical Eritrean or Ethiopian wedding runs for two days. The “white wedding” usually takes place on day one, while “Melsi” or “Melse” happens on day two. Melsi is the traditional wedding, beginning in the morning with beauty rituals for the bride; from braiding her hair, adorning jewelry to henna…