06/06/2024
-TO-PLAN-YOUR-EVENT-WITHOUT-OWING-ANYBODY
A - TRADITIONAL/WHITE WEDDING
1.) Discuss with your spouse the type your budget can go for; example:
i) TRAD-WED: This type consist both traditional marriage and wedding ceremony happening the same day. We will start a brief on how the customary marriage is done before moving to the wedding event.
In this type of Traditional marriage, the customary marriage (indoor Traditional marriage) is done in the early hours at the bride's father's living room (Parlour).
This type of traditional arrangement is the original customary settings obtained from our fore fathers. This settings includes calling the elders of the family, village, relatives and very few friends of the bride-to-be to witness the payment of the BRIDE PRICE and GIVING OF THE ITEMS IN THE LIST as was demanded, argued and agreed on the marriage list.
Note! Before now, there must be a first visit to the bride's family by the groom and few of his relatives and this is called INTRODUCTION) this is known as NKONG UDOK in Ibibio culture. (Ibibio is a native culture with majority indigene in Akwa Ibom State of Nigeria).
At this first visit, the groom is expected to carry these set of drinks (This May differ depending on the family and village the bride is from).
I) One Hot Drink ( for ear opening)
2) Between N1000 to N3000 (for standing the drink)
3) One bottle of Wine (for mother and other women there)
4) One Crate of beer and a crate of mineral (for entertainment)
5) if you want to get the marriage list that same day, carry extra cash like N5k in case that is visible.
..shall be continued...
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