Isabel & Ope’s Yoruba traditional wedding wasn’t the usual traditional wedding ceremony but it had a twist to it with some white wedding elements incorporated such as wedding games, speeches, mother and son dance, couple’s dance etc and it was so much fun!
The eru iyawo items were also not the usual items you’ll see at a Yoruba traditional wedding. The eru iyawo (gifts for the bride) are gift items provided by the groom’s family for the bride and her family as they come to ask for her hand in marriage. The Yoruba traditional eru iyawo generally consists of local traditional Nigerian items such as kolanut, palm oil, sometime goat, yes live goat with ribbon around its neck! Lol (this happens mostly in Nigeria), bitter kola, tubers of yam, pieces of dried fish, chilli/alligator peppers, peppered corn meal, African fabrics etc for the bride but as our bride Isabel is English, the eru iyawo for her and her family consisted of items she and her family would actually appreciate and can use.
The Yoruba traditional wedding is fun and colourful with rich local music. Weddings in the Yoruba culture can be described as an opportunity to show the best of everything including style, outfits, dance steps etc. because the Yoruba people are known for bubbling parties and are fun loving people.
During the traditional ceremony, in addition to the prayers and numerous activities, the traditional wedding MC (alaga) makes the groom go through a series of activities to prove he is capable to marry the bride whose hand he has come to ask for in marriage. One of the things the groom has to do is to prostrate alongside his agbada wearing friends in front of the bride’s family. One of the reasons for this is because the Yorubas are big on respect and a man prostrating is a sign of respect in the Yoruba culture. One of our favourite part from Isabel & Ope’s wedding is when the father of the bride told the traditional wedding MC that Ope should do 10 push ups to marry his daughter (LOL!), which he did after he and his agbada wearing friends had prostrated. The alaga then further asked him if he is begging to marry Isabel or not, to which he responded “I am begging”. It was amusing to watch.
For the décor, it was modern meets rustic with the colour palette of shades of green which featured in the lush greenery centrepieces.
The evening party was so much fun, we got the party started with the Yoruba live band while the couple changed outfit and the DJ took over from the live band. It was amazing and the couple had such a wonderful time with their guests. The personalised party props were a nice touch for the party.
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