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Monday, July 2, 2012

My 1st Nigerian Wedding! Part 1

Last weekend I spent sometime with my best friend and her family. (This is part 1 of my Nigerien experience.) This was the first time I really experienced her culture. After church we had our lunch and I was hoping we would eat some fufu and we did!! I was so excited, I couldn't stop talking about it!!






I hadn't eaten with my hands in a while so this was fun lol The only thing I didn't like about it was the whole swallowing thing. I couldn't do it. So I chewed it. Which was hilarious to them. Well I am American, I wouldn't know any better. They are Igbo (tribe name), so they swallow. I think they said that Yoruba's chew. So I guess I'm a Yoruba (tribe name)!!

That evening we had to attend a wedding rehearsal, because one of her cousins were getting married. At the rehearsal I saw a lady fixing an head wrap on my friends sister head. Which was very interesting, because I thought they bought it that way, and to see it being mad was an eye opener. 


 

This is my friends sister Joy!!   




This girl thinks she's a model!! She looks fabulous!


My best friend Chioma!


~The Outfits~



Dress: H&M $5.00
Shoes: Ross $16.99

~At the wedding!~



The wedding was super long. There was singing, praying and a sermon. It was a beautiful wedding but I was getting hungry. It was suppose to start at 10:00 but it started at 12:00 and ended around 3:00 or 4:00.



The wedding and the people were amazing. Their outfits were on point! I have to go to the next engagement they have. 
Because the day was super long, I had to make a part 1 and 2!

I will do part 2 real soon. 

Stay Fabulous and embrace your culture!
xoxo