What do Yoruba brides wear?

A Yoruba bride getting married is expected to wear the complete traditional attire of the Yoruba people from head to toe. She wears an Iro (wrapper worn around the waist), Gele (headgear), and an Ipele (shawl). This fabric used for her attire is aso oke, the signature fabric of the Yoruba people.

What does traditional Yoruba dress look like?

The Yoruba wear modern clothings like shirts and trousers, skirts and blouses, suits, gowns that are all borrowed from the Europeans. They also wear caftan, babanriga, Senegalese boubou and the likes that are all borrowed from the Arabs and other cultures in Africa. Women also wear only iro, buba, and gele.

What do Nigerian brides wear?

Nigerian brides wear a traditional, ornate headpiece called a Gele. The bridesmaids and families also follow suit and wear a Gele to honor the cultural traditions of the day.

What is Yoruba traditional wedding?

Aso-oke is a Yoruba traditional wedding attire and is held with high esteem because it symbolises and represents Yoruba culture whenever and wherever it is worn. So bride and groom are to wear the same aso-oke attire. Yoruba traditional wedding has eight steps which makes it unique and special from other tribes.

What are Nigerian wedding customs?

Depending upon the local custom, the bride’s elders may help her to bathe and prepare for the wedding. In a traditional Nigerian wedding, the bride usually wears imported Indian fabrics as well as a decorative coral-beaded headpiece, ankle bracelets and necklaces.

What is traditional Nigerian wedding dress?

Nowadays, some Nigerian brides are choosing to have a western wedding with a white dress, but many girls opt instead for the traditional Igbo wedding attire which features a lace blouse, brightly patterned wrapper (a kaftan like skirts that wraps around the body), coral beads and head tie.

What is a wedding in Nigeria?

A Nigerian wedding ceremony is the most important part of a wedding event in Nigeria. It is where the wedding traditions are solemnly performed. Commitments not only between the bride and groom but also between families are made official at this point. The wedding ceremony is the heart of the occasion.

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