Hello everyone am happy to be part of this great community and this contest organized by the moderators of this newbies initiative. First of all am proud to be from the east, I am proud to be an Igbo man and also proud to come from an igboland. Today, I will be sharing with us how the “Traditional Wedding Ceremony” takes place in my traditional home. I am from the Imo State, mbaise precisely, in my tribe traditional wedding ceremony's mostly takes place on a Thursday, why it is done that way is so that, If the bride and groom wants to have a white wedding it will be on that same week which will be Saturday.
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Traditional marriage is very important in the Igbo families, it is almost important than white wedding itself i will come to that later, on this day the families are preparing for the joining of their children so everyone is super excited. On this day the girl and the boys family are very present, if both doesn't have parents, uncles and aunties are allowed to take the spot of the father or mother.
On this day the man comes to the home of the lady, with he's father and brothers, uncles and elders to show a sign of respect to the lady's family. While they're waiting for the bride, there's an entertainment of dance going on, as the bride prepare they watch maidens dance.
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They dance just to entertain people so they don't get bored and feel like nothing will happen. You know how ladies prepare for occasions they take time, At least in 25minute time she's done and ready to be presented to her new family. Before she's out the the family of the man use that opportunity while they're waiting for the bride, The family of the man uses it to bring in the gift for the girls family. Finally the bride is out and ready to be presented to the groom. She dances to her father, which he prayers for her, He gives her a native cup, most times glass cup or even rubber cup it depends filled with palm wine to go find her husband.
After he drinks it the marriage is sealed at this point he could choose to put money in the cup for her or not, because the money signifies the bride price, most Igbo people does this before the presentation of the wine. At this point the bride and groom can now be happy together.
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Traditional marriage is very important in the Igbo families, it is almost important than white wedding itself i will come to that later
I promised to come back to this, So the honest truth is Igbos prefer traditional wedding to white, they feel that is the main marriage because that was how our fourfathers started it before the present century. Thanks for stopping by and reading my content.