Is there such a custom that the bride should sleep with others before getting married?

In many areas, the bride's first night right must be dedicated to the rulers of the area, or kings, priests, chiefs, feudal lords and so on. In some areas, the right of first night is also dedicated to the relatives and friends of the groom. Herodotus, an ancient Greek scholar, recorded in his masterpiece History: "When a man of Nathaniel got married for the first time, the bride had to have sexual intercourse with all the guests in turn according to the custom on the first night."

Various customs

Among Senegalese Ballante people, chiefs not only have the power of life and death, but also have the power of lords. No woman can get married before the chief's virginity. Nigerian Baggeler tribe, ancient Egyptian Libyan tribe, sheikh or king also enjoy this right. In some tribes in the Canary Islands, the bride shows her virginity to the king the night before her wedding. If the king himself doesn't want to sleep with her, he will give her to a priest or judge who is second only to the king, or he can give her to a nobleman who is proud of the king. In some Indians in the United States, the right to first night is given to wizards or leaders. A virgin bride must spend her first night with the priest. In Kumana, Venezuela, a woman who marries a wife must be broken by a priest, except for taking a concubine. Caribbean people in Cuba also strictly prohibit the bride and groom from sleeping together on the first night of their wedding. Here, when people with low status get married, they will ask chiefs or priests to make their virginity for the bride. When the people of your chieftain get married, they should also follow this custom and ask other chieftains to sleep with the bride first.

Herodotus, an ancient Greek scholar, recorded in his masterpiece History: "When a man of Nathaniel got married for the first time, the bride had to have sexual intercourse with all the guests in turn according to the custom on the first night." According to Diodoros of Sicily, in the Balearic Islands, after relatives and friends attend the wedding of the couple, the oldest man sleeps with the bride first, and then others have sex with the bride in turn according to their age. After these procedures, the groom can approach the bride. Among the indigenous people in Puerto Rico, the bride must have sexual intercourse with her husband on their wedding night, and both chiefs and ordinary people must abide by this custom. On Nukusiwa Island in the Marquesas Islands, famous families slaughter many pigs when their daughters get married, and invite all relatives and friends to the party. At the wedding, as long as the bride agrees, every guest can share the pleasure of sexual intercourse. Wedding banquets usually last for two or three days, and the bride can at least enjoy the sexual freedom for these two or three days.

In these custom of virginity, it seems that religious clergy are popular to make virginity for girls. On the coast of Malabar, India, Brahmins have been playing the role of breaking the bride's virginity. When King Kallikat got married, he had to find the richest and most prominent Brahmin to spend the wedding night with the bride and break her virginity. To this end, the king has to pay the Brahman 400-500 gold coins as a hard work fee.

This desire for clergy is common even among married women. In Greenland, if an indigenous woman is caressed by a prophet, she will consider herself very lucky. Sometimes, the husband is willing to pay for the sexual intercourse between the prophet and his wife. Every year, Tachitadi people in Lyukia hold religious gatherings. During the party, the clergyman has the right to copulate with any woman he likes, and the women of the whole family will feel honored. Somewhere in Morocco, a priest took a fancy to a young woman in the street and immediately had sex with her in the street. The woman's companion shouted around her happily to congratulate her on her good luck. At the same time, someone ran to the woman's husband to congratulate him