Jumping the Broom
A
number of cultures, from Celts to Roma (or Gypsies) have incorporated
some sort of leap over a broom into their wedding traditions. Today,
broom-jumping is most often found in African-American weddings, the
tradition rooted in the days of slavery when marriage between enslaved
men and women wasn't legally sanctioned. In the antebellum period,
enslaved men and women would declare their union by jumping over a broom
together.
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