In all cultures of the world, there is a special celebration and joy that comes with the time of wedding. This is probably because it is one of the best moment in life in which the individuals involved experience it first-hand as compared to the time of birth in which one is just told about it.
Traditional wedding is one of the best moment of wedding celebration full of good memories and showcasing the rich cultural heritage of the couple especially if it is inter-ethnic or inter-cultural. By traditional wedding ceremony, families know each other and formally give out and receive each other aswell as the couples involved.
Most of the problems encountered in our world today as regarding marriage is that of lack of such gatherings such as traditional wedding ceremony. I believe that this ceremony is of high importance as it brings family together and unites family, cultures, ethnic together all in love. It's quite amazing for "couples" not to know each others family, background, culture or other related things because their is no formal gathering for such like the traditional wedding ceremony.
According to my culture in southwest Nigeria of Africa continent, this occasion is marked with; wearing of traditional attires, exchange of gifts, formal request/consent for the bride's hand in marriage by groom's family, blessings by parents, singing/dancing, merriment with local dishes and many other similar features. Friends, family and acquaintances from far and near are gathered together for this unique gathering.
For some, this traditional wedding is enough while for some, they still go ahead for the civil wedding or the religious inclined ones. For me, my traditional wedding was a great one full of sweet memories as i and my wife dressed in our local traditional attire and received blessings from our parents. The event was held on a weekend last year October at my wife's parent's house according to the tradition. There was exchange of pleasantries and gifts.
Some of the remarkable highlights of the gathering was the formal request for the bride's hand in marriage, exchange of gifts (as it is believed that true love gives) and the proper entertainment of guests by the brides parents in which we ate a sumptuous local dish which was one of our favorites.
For us, both of us are of the same tribe, ethnicity and of the same religion but despite that we still followed the normal way of traditional wedding. One of the disadvantages of not holding such ceremonies is denying the parents, family and friends of such joy, honour and recognition as it is believed that something must have been wrong for not holding such a ceremony.
One of the advantages of traditional wedding is the low cost of organising such though depending on family preferences and also, the familiarization/acceptance of one's rich cultural heritage. I love traditional weddings especially the inter-ethnic ones as it is glamorous especially with local languages been spoken, local drums been used and local program anchorage. Thank you for reading and comments are welcomed.
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Congratulations.
I'm I the only thinking that you look so young to get married
Meanwhile you got a beautiful wife there.
Blessing to your home 🙏
Lol 😂
"Not too young to marry ma" 😀
Thanks for complimenting my wife aswell
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