Queh queh or cock-ah-lay is the celebration done the night before an African or Christian official wedding ceremony. This popularly known celebration is drawn from the African tribe called Namibia.
The fest starts with the bride and her family at her house cooking traditional African food such as cook-up and drinking both alcoholic and non-alcoholic beverages and singing folks songs. In this event children are scarce. The same goes for the groom and his family and friends.
The Groom, family and friends will later leave their home and go to the bride's house to search for her and beat drums, tins and glass bottles and march down the road singing and dancing to folk and Queh Queh songs on the way.

The beating of drums during a queh queh.

Upon the arrival the Bride's home her family and friends will guard the gate to stop the Groom and his family and friends from entering. To enter he must pay a ransom and beg her family until they are satisfied, the Bride's family must be happy or else he and his family will have to fight for entry and the bride's family.

The Groom and his


 family upon entering


 will have to search for his Bride who is in disguised and hiding.


 After she is found she the Groom and his family will then place the


 bride on a chair and a white cloth is placed over her as she sits on 


 a  chair and the Groom and his strong male relatives lifts the chair 


with her and dance. After she comes down she and her female 


relatives will have to whine and compete with the Groom's female 


relatives to see who can whine better. The Celebration then ends


 after the two families enjoyed the binding of themselves.