Banyankole Tribe, Uganda

Banyankole Tribe, Uganda

The Banyankole tribe is a minority tribe in Uganda. And the mention of marriage is definitely a burden to the bride’s aunt. When a couple is about to get married, custom dictates that the aunt of the bride sleeps with the groom to ensure the potency of the groom. Furthermore, she also has to test the bride’s virginity.

Some traditions claim that the group must have sex with the aunt before sleeping with the bride. Another tradition asserts that it was the responsibility of the aunt to prove the potency of the groom by watching or listening to the couple while they’re having intercourse

In Uganda, according to the custom of the Banyankole tribe, the aunt of the bride must have sex with the groom as a "potency test", and furthermore, has to test the bride's virginity, when the couple wants to get married.

Some traditions assert that the husband would first have sex with the aunt before proceeding to have it with the bride.

Another says that the duty of the aunt was to prove the potency of the groom by just watching the sexual intercourse between the bridegroom and her niece.

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