Traditional Wedding - Edo Traditional Wedding Ceremony Guide

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So Today is for the Edo peeps put there.... and as usual , a little bit of history 😄

EDO, is what you can describe as the "generic name given to a group of people who have a common ancestor and have a common language, with some different variants, depending on the distance between the group and the " tap root, " resident in and around the present day Benin City. In short, the land, the political state, the people, tribe, language and the principal city -Benin City is called EDO. At a point in the history of these people, another name called BENIN came into use. 

The Edo or Bini (from the word "Benin") people are an ethnic group primarily found in Edo State, and spread across the Delta, Ondo, and Rivers states of Nigeria. They speak the Edo language and are the descendants of the founders of the Benin Empire. They are closely related to other ethnic groups that speak Edoid languages, such as the Esan, the Afemail and the Owan.


The Edo Traditional Wedding 

At the beginning of the ceremony, all guests are seated, the bride’s family will present kolanuts and drinks to the groom’s family. Each family sit opposite one another (the bride’s family sits opposite the groom’s family).

After kolanuts are broken and eaten, the groom’s family spokesman will stand up and reveal the purpose of their visit, this is the formal marriage proposal, on behalf of their son. At the next stage, the groom’s family spokesperson will present drinks and kolanut gifts to the bride’s family.

Secondly, the bride will be called in by her father, he would ask her if she knows the visitors  (her fiance and his family?).  After that, he would reveal to her the purpose of the visit by the groom and his family members (which is to ask for her hand in marriage). Finally, her father would inquire her response to the marriage proposal; he will put that question to the bride in the customary manner, by asking her whether they (brides family) should accept the drinks and kolanuts (gifted by the groom’s family), this is to symbolize her acceptance to marry the groom.

If her answer is YES, her family will accept the drinks and kolanut gifts; and if NO, the items would be rejected – and there would be no wedding. So, after the bride’s family accepts the drinks and kolanuts, the bride’s family will present the bride-price list to the groom. Thereafter, food and drinks will be presented by the bride’s family to everyone present.

This can either be a very lavish affair with hundreds of guests or an intimate ceremony with just immediate family and friends.

Lovely African Tribe. It seems to be a lot to do with family within the African Tribes... very interesting!

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