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I am having my future sister-in-law present us our broom while my officiant explains what it means.  (We are an interracial couple and so not everyone there will automatically understand.)  She was a key player in making his mom understand that he can be happy with someone outside of his race and she continues to defend us, so I thought it would be meaningful for her to present this to us. 

I think you should learn the history behind it before you decide to do it b/c or you shouldn't do it. This is an African tribal marriage ritual of placing sticks on the ground representing the couple's new home together, and the spray of the broom represents all of us scattered and the handle represents the almighty who holds us together. You see, during the slave "transitions" we were not allowed to practice many of the traditional rituals of our past therefore, much of our heritage was lost during this time. So this broom ceremony represents the joining of two families, it's showing respect and pays homage to those who came before us and paved the way. In a nutshell “Broom Jumping" is a ritual, handed down from generation to generation as a symbol for Black/African Americans of a time when our vows were not legal because we were slaves and weren’t considered to be human beings. I'm having a broom bearer who is 7 years old to carry it down the aisle. After we are pronounced husband and wife, our officiant will give a brief history/reading about it while the broom bearer hands it to the elder of my family and she will do a sweeping motion  in front of us and place it in front of our feet. The officiant and guest will count us off and then we will jump over and kiss!