Maui Wedding Photographer

Honeymoon:

[Originally, when the groom "kidnapped" his bride he would take her into hiding. Usually, by the time the bride's family found her, she would already be pregnant and a price for her would then be negotiated.]

Money Dance:

According to one custom, when arranged marriages were common the Groom collected a dowry only after his marriage was consummated. The money dance insured that the couple would have some money before they left their wedding reception. According to another wedding tradition, the people of the village gave gifts of pottery, livestock, and garden plants to the newlyweds because the Bride and Groom had no money to acquire these items until they had children, after which a dowry was exchanged.