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Wedding canopy (gnana) at Yahya Yuhana Mandi in Sydney, Australia
An engagement ceremony for Ganzibra Salwan Alkhamas and his fiancée in Ahvaz. The actual marriage ceremony (qabin) was performed in October 2015.

The qabin (Classical Mandaic: ࡒࡀࡁࡉࡍ) is the Mandaean wedding ritual. Mandaean weddings are typically held for several days. Traditionally, weddings must be officiated by a Mandaean priest and can only be performed for ethnic Mandaeans, although this has proved to be challenging for the contemporary Mandaean diaspora.[1]

During the qabin wedding ceremony, a Mandaean priest reads prayers from The Wedding of the Great Šišlam.[2] Zidqa brikha, which includes hamra and various dried fruits and nuts, is also offered and consumed.[3] A bridal chamber called the gnana, consisting of a canopy and white cloth, is set up for the bride and groom.[4]

Drower (1937: 59–71) contains a detailed account of a traditional Mandaean village wedding.[3]

A wedding chamber or canopy used during Mandaean wedding ceremonies is called an andiruna, a term which is also used to refer to temporary reed huts used during priest initiation ceremonies.

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References

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  1. Buckley, Jorunn Jacobsen (2002). The Mandaeans: ancient texts and modern people. New York: Oxford University Press. ISBN 0-19-515385-5. OCLC 65198443.
  2. 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)
  3. 1 2 Drower, Ethel Stefana (1937). The Mandaeans of Iraq and Iran. Oxford At The Clarendon Press.
  4. Gelbert, Carlos (2023). The Key to All the Mysteries of Ginza Rba. Sydney: Living Water Books. pp. 246–249. ISBN 9780648795414.
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