A wedding may be appropriately defined as a ceremony in which the beginning of marriage is celebrated but in the Nigerian English and culture recognizes this otherwise. Nigerians therefore colloquially refer to the customary aspect of the ceremony as ?traditional marriage? while the church Christian aspect has come to be known as ?wedding?. The implication is that when people in Nigeria hear that a wedding is taking place their minds become fixated on the European aspect of it. In Nigeria church wedding commonly takes place in the church expectedly. There could be slight differences in the arrangements but generally weddings in Nigeria take similar patterns. The man getting married is called groom while the woman getting married is referred to as bride. The dress code for couple is usually suit and wedding gown; though a situation now exists in parents wishing to concretiz alternate picking e their marital vows or receive blessings particularly among the Catholics now appear in attires other than suit and wedding gowns. This ceremony begins in a church usually at 900 am and may end at about 12pm, but the Deeper Life Church is known to celebrate the shortest wedding in Nigeria because this organization does not follow most of the conventional methods such as presentation of rings, cutting of cake and so on, thus a wedding at the Deeper Life Church may expectedly end no sooner than you expect it to commence. In most Nigerian churches, the father of the bride is expected to hand the bride over to the groom supervised by the priest. It is noteworthy here that in the absence of the father the eldest man in the family takes up the position. And generally plays the role accordingly in such a manner that guests may become unaware of true position of events.
Church Wedding Ceremony in Nigeria, Africa: Exactly How You Expect it
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