Engagement

right|thumb|William-Adolphe Bouguereau's The Proposal

proposal of marriage

ring indicating that the person wearing it is engaged to be married

Irish tradition symbol

thumb | right | alt=Eight men gathered for bride price payment in Nigeria. One man is standing and counting out cash. | Paying of a bride price in Nigeria Lobolo or lobola in Zulu, Xhosa, Swazi, Silozi, and northern and southern Ndebele (mahadi in Sesotho, mahari in Swahili, magadi in Sepedi, bogadi Setswana, lovola in Xitsonga, mamalo in Tshivenda, and roora in ChiShona), sometimes referred to as "bride wealth" or "bride price" is a property in livestock or kind, which a prospective husband, or head of his family, undertakes to give to the head of a prospective wife's family in gratitude of l

party held to celebrate a couple's recent engagement