Traditional Igbo Wedding

[INVINCIBLEHEBREW]

these women are SO FREAKING BEAUTIFUL

[cannoir]

i know right ?

[cherrybonbon81]

Thank you for the video, it was very informative. I am an Igbo born and raised in the UK and whilst ive been to a lot of church weddings, ive never been to a traditional igbo wedding, so I am trying to learn about them. Do you have any more resources I can refer to?

[KCBombay]

great vid! thnx for the post

[aitan844]

people who are also located in middle and eastern belt of nigeria .. I went to Unilag and never went in for the "Ngbati , Ngbati" mentality I made friends with whoever regardless of their tribe, worked for me and still does till this day.. i only speak yoruba with those who understand the language not saying this is a rule but again it works for me.

[caressmesoftly]

So nice!

[AKBrown3]

Lovely! Thanks for posting.

[Djoanng]

How nice thank you for that. You sound just like us Americans.

[NollywoodRocksCinema]

Loveeeee!

[delitefulsista]

I love this video. I would love to know more about the Nigerian culture. The people of Africa is so beautiful!

[Shimaryah]

WOW I find it a good thing that the igbo people have actually kept their ancient hebrew israelite customs that their/our forefathers practiced. this is unbelievable and i love it! I wonder how many igbo people actually know what their true identity is. by the way the women are beautiful!

[Firegrlnikki]

Check again, this time dont make it so obvious of your tribalism. Cheers

[MickJagoffable]

Infact I'm very certain most of these pictures are yoruba ppl. I can tell by the wears the people are wearing.

[MickJagoffable]

This looks more like a Yoruba occasion. Yoruba are far more into tradition than IBO. The IBO barely even know their language anymore.

[NonsoLeal]

Thanks greatly for your video on the Igbo traditional wedding.

[aitan844]

its not unusual for igbo to wear "buba and ero" and its also not unusal for yoruba to wear " up and down " igbo men also wear the traditional "Agbada" so sometimes it difficult to tell who is whom even in the music some parties will cater for all tastes and have igbo , yoruba and english music again the cross cultural mixing . its not a big deal.

[Firegrlnikki]

@aitan844 thank you. You have explained it correctly, I don't know how a mention of One ethnic group has people jumping from the bridge. Tribalistic ppl never will grow up.

[aitan844]

@Firegrlnikki i went to UNILAG way back in the early to mid 80's and i had yoruba, igbo, hausa, efik friends and i always spoke in ENGLISH because not everyone can speak yoruba and its rude to be disrespectful with that.. i guess i never had tribal lines to cross cos i didnt care..its either i liked you or i didnt, but i did see a bit of tribalism on all sides ..

[Emeka7777]

@aitan844 Traditionally, Igbo don't wear agbada at traditional wedding. Those that do emulate the Yorubas. This is common if the couple or their parents lived in Lagos or other Yoruba speaking areas. Igbo women usually wear clothes made of Georges or Abada while the men wear George or Isi Agwu . It is obvious that the narator does not under stand Igbo culture. It is hard to see Igbo couple bred in Igbo land wearing agba or aso-oke at traditional wedding.

[1NurtureStyles]

Thanks for sharing



[lovelyricos]

I can't wait for my day

[SylvieLaCamer]

Thank you so much for this very simple and clear presentation of your wonderful traditional wedding. I just love the game with the glass of palm wine. Thanks again.

[DeBabysMama]

You explained it so well. 

[Zamzaki1]

LOL,, Tnhis soesenr look Igbo AT ALL, if u actually know what something Igbo is supposed to look like, @Uploader.

[CaramelFynessh]

@mrsuperbootyboots LMFAOOO!!!!.

[gc4best]

Good Job!!!!!

[TxNastyNoble357]

Thank you very much for sharing this!!

[africanigbolove]

This was an excellent explanation! It was exactly what I was looking for! Thanks!

[SuNNEyChi011]

Beautiful Nneka

thank you for the insight<3

[RaYBaSHKatan]

Thanks so much for sharing!

[Blackpeopleorganize]

Whoa. Thank you for sharing this.

[atxqtpie]

This is HER video. If you don't like it, then move on. Jesus H. Christ!!! Some people...

[lovelyshanshan]

Thanks for posting the video.

[ExcelAndBeExcellent]

Bride's worth is like a dowry, right?

[Firegrlnikki]

@ExcelAndBeExcellent - yep! un like in asian/ Indian cultures, the man pays the family of the bride here

[aitan844]

@Firegrlnikki dont see anything wrong with it, the igbo do this this its their tradition , yoruba dont have bride price but we have symbolic items we bring to the table when the traditional engagment is done..

[runganomahuni]

yo voice is so annoying

[Firegrlnikki]

@runganomahuni  some say its pretty gift. Anyway thanks

[thirdexodus2008]

Some of those men s not dressed in Igbo traditional attire. That man and woman in flowing garment are dressed in Yoruba wear. That does not and is not used in Igbo traditional wedding. Get better pictures of Igbo traditional wedding.

[ebeledi]

@thirdexodus2008 hey how can you tell the difference?

[princesskaha]

@ebeledi: any Nigerian knows the different atires for the different cultures just by sight, I dunno, it just comes natural...I do agree that majority of the pictures featured are actually Yoruba rather than Igbo however, these days there's pretty much a lot of cross cultural dressing at weddings so it is getting harder to tell the difference...

[Emeka7777]

@princesskaha You right. All the tribes in Nigeria dress differently. But owing to the fact that most Igbo people are traders and are spread across every part of Nigeria, there children have adopted the cultures of the host communities hence the cross cultural dressing. An Igbo man that live all his life in Igboland will hardly wear agbada or aso-oke at his traditional wedding. Most Yoruba people live in western part of Nigeria. You will never see them dress like the Igbos.

[aitan844]

@Emeka7777 i am yoruba however i also wear "up and down" its not a big deal especially in LAGOS where many igbo live and work and speak yoruba ... also we have yoruba who live in igboland too.. remembering that igbo and yoruba also live in the northern part of nigeria where i served many yrs ago , have you heard of "Sabon Gari"? an area in KANO where igbo people live and trade ... we are quite flued and also we have other smaller tribes like the ijaw, Delta region people, Efik people, Benin

[Emeka7777]

@aitan844 We need to understand the context of the video. It is about traditional wedding dressing. Would you, a Yoruba wear Igbo attire at your traditional marriage? I am Igbo and was raised in Lagos. I wore Agbada and my wife (also Igbo) wore "Iro and buba" at our traditional marriage. Growing up in Lagos made us assimilate the culture of of our host community(Yoruba). An Igbo man that never lived in Yoruba land would never dress up in a typical Yoruba attire for his traditional marriage.

[aitan844]

@Emeka7777 i wasnt talking about what people wear in igbo land was i ? i was talking about lagos and western nigeria here its something i am familar with.

[Emeka7777]

@aitan844 The video clearly says Igboland. Lagos and Western Nigeria are never considered Igboland. I appreciate the effort you are making to educate some people who have never witnessed Igbo traditional marriage, but there is need to present the right information. The title says Igbo Tradional Wedding while he photographs depict Yoruba traditional wedding. It might be good to change the title. Call it Yoruba Traditional Wedding and change references to Igboland to Yoruba land,

[aitan844]

@Emeka7777 the title seems to be the problem it is incorrect you could suggest that the channel owner clarify it because not everyone understands these things

[Emeka7777]

@aitan844 You can take a trip to Onitsha, Aba or Owerri or Enugu or any other city in Igboland to withness Igbo traditional wedding and see if people are going to wear Aso-Oke.

[titilolaoyindamola]

@thirdexodus2008 that was the same thing i was questioning.

[gold9ja]

@thirdexodus2008 I AGREE100%

[revenantwings7]

I like the way they dress

[chae78]

on 0:37 was this a clip from a real wedding

[eadimmadu]

igbo sounds kool with the US accent, did u say owerri / isieke?

[chuckyoo]

Nice explanation. My parents are Nigerians and this is cool. Good post.

[LadyAngel22]

very informative thanks and God bless.........

[iweala]

Really nice explanation. Thanks!