Former Miss South Africa Tamaryn Green shared photos of her umabo on Instagram on Sunday 2 October. INSIDE TAMARYN GREEN’S UMABO Miss South Africa 2018 and medical doctor Tamaryn Green shared photos of her umabo on Instagram on Sunday 2 October. Tamaryn is married to social entrepreneur Zesimdumise “Ze” Nxumalo. A Umabo is a closing…

Former Miss South Africa Tamaryn Green shared photos of her umabo on Instagram on Sunday 2 October. Miss South Africa 2018 and medical doctor Tamaryn Green shared photos of her umabo on Instagram on Sunday 2 October. Tamaryn is married to social entrepreneur Zesimdumise “Ze” Nxumalo.

A Umabo is a closing ceremony of traditional Zulu weddings. There are different stages to the traditional Zulu wedding. This includes the payment of the lobola. Lobola is known as the “bridal wealth” that the groom pays to the bride’s family.

Another stage is the Umabo. The bride’s family is given gifts prior to the wedding. However, on the day of the Umabo it is the bride’s turn to gift the groom’s family according to Emdoneni Lodge. The exchange of gifts symbolises the forming of a new bond between the two families.

Tamaryn began dating Nxumalo in 2019. This was the same year she graduated with her seven-year Bachelor of Medicine and Bachelor of Surgery degree (MBChB) at the University of Cape Town. The medical doctor was crowned Miss South Africa in 2018.She represented South Africa at the Miss Universe pageant and was placed as the first runner-up.

 

 

 

Nxumalo took the relationship to the next level when he proposed to Tamaryn in April 2021. at Sweni Lodge in the Kruger National Park. Ze took the second step towards making Tamaryn his wife in June 2021 with the lobola negotiations. Tamaryn and Nxuamlo then held their umembeso ceremony in October 2021. Umembeso is a process in the traditional Zulu wedding where the groom gives gifts to the bride’s family, following the lobola negotiations. The pair had their white wedding in April this year at the Quoin Rock Wine Estate in Stellenbosch.