Monday, July 5, 2010

Traditional Nigerian Wedding

Because a woman can never have too many irons in the fire, I have been doing some wedding coordination lately. This weekend I had three weddings in two days. Although summer doesn't come to the Pacific Northwest until the weekend AFTER the 4th of July, it does seem like a good idea to have an Independence Day wedding, and get some free fireworks for the reception.

All of these weddings have had me thinking about my own wedding(s). I had two weddings, the traditional Nigerian ceremony, and the "white" wedding at the church (named for the color of the dress).

We were lucky enough to have chosen a wonderful wedding photographer, who attended both ceremonies. I thought I would share some our wedding album, for colorful eye candy. All photos by One Love Photo. You can see my "white wedding" on her blog, here.

Dressing the Bride









The Groom's Family Arrives





Family Negotiations





The Bride is Brought In




Revelary Ensues






Parents




Bride & Groom


4 comments:

sally said...

'Never too many irons in the fire', so true of we women, but weddings? Sheesh, that's some serious iron in the fire. I love seeing your wedding photos - thank you for that.

Anonymous said...

Oh that was so much fun, so interesting to learn another culture! I loved it so much! I don't know about the baetle nut I was chewing though!! (spelling?)Thanks for showing these.

AmyDishes said...

You are so beautiful! Love the green garb -- it really does pop! (Also loved the white-wedding pix!)

franticfoodie said...

thank you for sharing, so beautiful