Samuel and Siki tied the knot in a colourful traditional wedding. It was a sweet mix of culture, colours and love.
Samuel being an Igbo man married his Kalabari queen Siki in a beautiful Kalabari / Igbo union.
Enjoy as you go through the highlights from this intercultural wedding:
A gorgeous 1st Look!
A Regal 1st Look
In Kalabari tradition, there is the Bibife rite. It involves an array of important foods to the Kalabaris where the women pretend to feed the bride and she pretends to eat.
She’s not meant to smile or actually eat the food till her husband comes to pay for her “mouth”.
This ceremony has to be carried out before a woman can eat in her husband’s house.
Samuel and his men have come to buy their wife’s mouth. The money dropped by the groom and his friends is payment for the bride to be allowed to eat in his house. The bride and her family will also buy his mouth so he can in turn eat in her family house.
At this point, the bride and groom feeding each other signifies that the bride, her parents and family members can eat in the groom’s house and vice versa.
Idi Imiete is the Kalabari tradition where the bride thanks her groom for coming to marry her. She wraps him with wrapper to signify covering and protection from evil. The perfume she sprays is to signify that her scent follows him everywhere. The money she gives him is to signify abundance and wealth in the marriage.
Sami’s Diamond, now an Igbo wife. Such a gorgeous bride!
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