Qabin
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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.
Prayers
[edit]The qabin prayers in the Qulasta constitute prayers 179–232.[5] There are two sequences, with the latter sequence consisting of two series.[6]
- 180–199: Qabin prayers (1st sequence)
- 200–214: Qabin prayers (2nd sequence, 1st series)
- 215–232: Qabin prayers (2nd sequence, 2nd series) (repeated in The Wedding of the Great Shishlam)
See also
[edit]- Jewish wedding
- Islamic marital practices
- Bridal Chamber in Valentinianism
- Qulasta
- List of Qulasta prayers
References
[edit]- ^ Buckley, Jorunn Jacobsen (2002). The Mandaeans: ancient texts and modern people. New York: Oxford University Press. ISBN 0-19-515385-5. OCLC 65198443.
- ^ 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)
- ^ a b Drower, Ethel Stefana (1937). The Mandaeans of Iraq and Iran. Oxford At The Clarendon Press.
- ^ Gelbert, Carlos (2023). The Key to All the Mysteries of Ginza Rba. Sydney: Living Water Books. pp. 246–249. ISBN 9780648795414.
- ^ Drower, E. S. (1959). The Canonical Prayerbook of the Mandaeans. Leiden: E. J. Brill.
- ^ Gelbert, Carlos; Lofts, Mark J. (2025). The Qulasta. Edensor Park, NSW: Living Water Books. ISBN 978-0-6487954-3-8.
External links
[edit]- Mandaean weddings in Stockholm
- A Mandaean wedding televised in Baghdad in 1993, with Tarmida Rafid al-Sabti present
- Qabeen (Marriage): the marriage of Fazel Atta and Rim Talib, preceded by baptism
