Nigerian Wedding Brouhaha- Be different!

Holla! Que Pasa? i presume you all are well. This section has been quiet. Well, that's because i haven't been to any weddings in recent times until last-week when i had two invites; one was from my bosom friend and the wedding was held in delta state; unluckily i couldn't meet up- blame it on nursing i had to work on that day. Luckily, a colleague of mine also wedded on the-same day and i had to go slay, slay, slay.... 


Now to the gist for today: Why do y'all jump on funny colors like yellow, red, teal, green and others when you can use black? Yes! you heard me right black is the new in thing.
So the wedding i attended here in Abuja used black as color of the day. The maids of honor wore black dresses and i loved...loved, loved it!
I am tired of seeing the usual thing at weddings so when i saw something different, i really loved it. Besides those dresses, i noticed the reception hall was dark: only the aisle where the couple sat had lighting. The hall itself had dim lights which gave it a cozy effect. Yes i like romantic things too. I am no fan of large weddings, i like things done in a small way and this wedding was it for me. They wanted two hundred and fifty guests only and they got exactly what they wanted. The food, drinks and gifts went round and there were a lot left over.

How did it happen? in a Nigerian owambe? They made use of the access card invite. Since December last year, i have been to two weddings that used the access card invite. With the bouncer at the entrance, if you don't have an access card even with the wedding invitation card, you won't be allowed in.
Most times, weddings are not attended by only friends and family, you also have the come-see-chop attendees. Yoruba's call it, 'mo gbo moya'...the access card is a great tool to curb all these i came to see and eat kinda people.
The wedding was noiseless and went hitch free. C'mon, when you do not have many 'mogbo moyas' what do you expect?it felt like a family gathering.


Another part was the Bride's dress...i'm so used to seeing wedding dresses with net all over. The ballerina dress she wore was just so perfect i had to ask who made it and guess what? a simple tailor from down town did justice to the dress- which reminds me of our first post in this segment that talked about small time vendors doing justice to wedding dresses.
It was a skirt and a top but you would never know unless you are told. the bead work on the satin ball skirt was exquisite. 

The number of grooms men and brides maid made me scream 'Holy Grail'! as against the usual five, six or even more, she had just two bridesmaid and her hubs, two grooms men. The chief bridesmaid and best man completed the total bridal party at six. This wedding made me appreciate the age long saying, 'the fewer the better'. Such a simple wedding! i haven't been to anything simply planned and executed in a while. It was really simple and classy.

I can't round up this edition without speaking my mind. Dear Igbos, please focus on entertainment when you organize a wedding. As beautiful and colorful as this wedding was, i didn't eat rice until the entirety of worms in my stomach had to jump out to beg the caterer for a plate of rice😓😓. Of all the weddings i've been attending, i must say Yoruba's and Edo's ( I'm not being biased here) are the best hosts ever. When you walk into a Yoruba reception, the first thing they give you is food! be ready to eat till your dress takes a particular shape around your tummy. These caterers kept the guests waiting for food and worse still, i turned to see all the umunas (kinsmen) seated at the high table eating; my brethren i almost cried- if you don't know, please know this now: i'm a foodie, i love food and please give me food anytime you see me. Forget fat, i can't come and go and kill myself. Forget the gele and all, if i don't eat well, i won't dance and that means i will keep my money and not spray (ehen now, i dey hungry feed me!)

Feeding your guests is really important and against the usual notion that guests leave the venue after they eat, your party hall will become livelier when people are fed. They'll have the strength to dance better and the money you need from their pockets will flow out. The road to your guests heart, is through their stomach so feed them well please.

Inasmuch as i liked the small gathering, i didn't like the fact that the hall had pillars positioned everywhere obstructing the view of the guests. People were seen loitering and almost climbing the aisle so as to get a good view of what was happening. This isn't nice especially if your guests are standing in front of the professional cameramen trying to get a good picture view dissuading them from doing their job.

Before i forget, i love to dance at parties so do every other guests therefore, i will not entertain any father of the day, chairman or sponsor taking the microphone to admonish my guests for hours. The church admonished us already. The reception ground is to dance and make merry; imagine me taking off my shoes in preparation for the dance ahead- after pictures, the high heels i wear become useless, a slip-on takes over (iyanla-iya anybody!😀😀). I never danced like i planned to since the father of the day spent the entire time breaking kolanut, admonishing the guests and dancing alone with the couple

All in all, i had  a good time, and from today, i am officially, team small weddings! ain't nobody got time for flamboyant nonsense. The smaller, the better, the classier.. be unique, be different. In other words, NIKE2017 was bad and bijou!

This is my two cents, i expect some of you to curse me out. I'm getting used to this....enjoy your day people!!!!