In ancient times, weddings were a little more casual than they are today. Rival tribes, in order to increase their population (and alleviate their boredom with hunting and gathering all the time), would regularly stage raids against one another, with the main objective of stealing women. It helped if you were not so physically blessed in looks because you just might get to hang around with your parents for a bit longer till the raiding party were really, really desperate for any women.
The raiding party is the equivalent of the present day groom and his groomsmen. Even though they are not wearing loincloths or bear skins, they can act "primitive" in language ( Whattt? no, yes, dunno), action (putting their gum on the pew) and total focus of drinking the "fire water" (beer) before and during the wedding.
Sometimes the young women in question hear the news on the "grape vine" of the upcoming raiding party and put up a feeble fight. The women may have their own reasons for leaving their families and friends and want to try something new with a good looking guy from the neighboring tribe. Who knows, they may get stolen back in the next month anyways...why not have some fun?
Ancient weddings were pretty simple: grab a girl and run like heck home!
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