The Yoruba traditional wedding is always a beautiful and exciting ... Engagement ring The engagement ring is a symbol of seal or agreement between the groom and the bride, that is, “I do.” ...

Prostrating is often done during the Yoruba traditional wedding to show respect ... by the groom's family in advance of the wedding as a symbol of respect to the bride's parents.

This is my first time experiencing the beauty and pageantry of a traditional Yoruba wedding ceremony, an option more British ... I’m seeing more people hand the dowry back,” she explains. Still, the ...

It is seen as a symbol of planting and fertility ... A fundamental feature of a Yoruba traditional wedding is Idobale. The groom and his buddies are required to bow before the bride’s family ...

The gele is the standard for a traditional wedding (especially a Yoruba one) and even the guests ... Most times, they are status symbols because bigger geles are more expensive.

Wearing traditional Yoruba attire, Ekene Okoye and Toluwani Familusi pray for each other during the ceremony. (John Gaudi/CBC) This wedding was unique as it involved two different ethnic groups in ...

during her traditional wedding.. Taking to her twitter account: @Eniolahu, she wrote: “Speaking of submission, during my Yoruba engagement, my husband and I told the Alagas to not use that word ...

For the massive traditional ... her massive wedding photo album, one realizes that there was no keeping the occasion from becoming a lavish blowout. For starters, the groom’s Yoruba origins ...

Kola nuts are grown in the western part of Nigeria, the Yoruba land ... keep a kola nut displayed in their home after the wedding as a symbol of their promise to work out any problems that ...