“1, 2, 3… jump!”
If you've ever attended a black wedding, you may have seen the couple "jump the broom."
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Though historians disagree on the exact roots of this tradition, many believe it was part of African culture before becoming part of African-American slave culture.
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According to the African-American Registry, the broom as a wedding symbol originated in Ghana.
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It "symbolized sweeping away past wrongs or removing evil spirits."
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