Location

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Location

• Western Africa
• Bordering the Gulf of Guinea
• Between Benin and Cameroon

Nigeria
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Nigeria Happiest Country in the World

• According to the 1999-2001 World Values Survey
• Family-life and culture are more important than
  material wealth

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Nigerian Marriage

• Introduction to Nigerian Marriage
• Introduction to Parents/Engagement Party
• Traditional Marriage
• Life after Marriage

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Introduction to Nigerian Marriage

• Types
• Civil marriage
• Religious marriage
• Christian white wedding
• Muslim polygamy acceptable
• Traditional marriage
• Stages

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Stages of Traditional Marriage

• Dating and Courtship
• Western dating and courtship not common
• Customs and norms
• Family involvement
• Arranged marriages
• Teenage women marrying older men
• Introduction to parents/engagement party
• The wooing process
• Traditional Marriage
• Customs varies from group to group
• Dancing and music are common

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Introduction to Parents/Engagement Party

• Introduction
• Confirmation from daughter
• Bride price
• Entertainment
• Costume

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Introduction

• A ceremony that introduces the
• brides family to the grooms family
• Takes place a few days before wedding

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Confirmation from the daughter

• The bride gives her decision to accept or decline
  marriage

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Bride price

• Presented to brides family after confirmation

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Introduction to Parents/Engagement Party (contd.)

• Entertainment
• The families come together become
  
• formally acquainted
• The grooms family presents gifts to the brides
  family
• Assorted foods drinks
• Costume

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Traditional Marriage

• Introduction of the Costume
• Stages/Significance of Ceremony
• Entertainment
• The Search
• Presentation of the Bride
• Groom1st dance
• Marriage Blessing by Parents
• Gifts

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Introduction of the Costume

• Gele?- a popular and indispensable headdress,
• an item of Nigerian identity
• Glamorous
• Colorful
• Big
• Tying can be very tricky
• frustrating
• If improperly tied, Gele? can make a
• day miserable
• No mistakes, must have the
• best style for Traditional Wedding
• Tied a day or two in advanced
• Who ties the Gele??
• Friend or Family member
• Local Market for a fee

Proud is the Head that Carries the Gele?
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Stages Significance of the Traditional Marriage
Ceremony

• Significance
• Celebrated and observed before the arrival of the
  Europeans
• Observed in the village setting, so that all the
  members can celebrate with the couple and their
  respective families
• Stages
• No dating, but an investigation
• The knocking of the door
• The asking
• Liquor to open the mouth of the soon-to-be
  father-in-law
• Grooms family leaves with a wedding list,
  including the bride price
• Wedding date set
• Before the wedding
• All items on the wedding list should be fulfilled
• On the wedding day
• Blocked by teenage boys
• Blocked by women of village
• Groom arrives at brides house

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Entertainment

• Food drinks
• Offered to grooms family friends, upon arrival
• Also, offered to the entire audience
• Comedian/MC and dancers
• Keep crowd alive
• Dancers showcased to potential suitors

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The Search

• After refreshments
• The brides family asks, Why is the grooms
  family there?
• The brides family brings out different women

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Presentation of the Bride Groomthe 1st
dance

• The bride is found
• The bride and groom accepts and
• drink
• They dance
• The audience sprays them with money

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Marriage Blessing by Parents

• Both the bride and grooms parents bless marriage
  by drinking all of the wine that was given to
  them by the couple

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Gifts

• The new couple are presented with gifts
• They dance together again

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Nigerian Traditional Marriage Video

• http//www.youtube.com/watch?vmJb_-WTAKDY

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Life after Marriage

• Children
• Work
• Polygamy
• Divorce

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Children

• Having many
• children is fashionable
• is a status symbol
• Most families consist
• of 10 or more children
• Female Children
• Socialized to serve be subordinate to males
  (patriarchal authority)

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Polygamy

• Women dependent upon each other
• Relationships without the emotional elements

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Work

• Females
• Take care of children and home (housewives)
• Mostly farmers traders
• Most females work now, before 80 stayed home

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Work (contd.)

• Males
• Providers

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Divorce

• Not common
• Women are condemned

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Conclusion

• Diffusion model
• Adopt Nigerian practices to better our society
• Emphasize
• Family
• Culture
• Sharing
• Unity
• Over material wealth

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Sources

• http//www.anyiams.com/marriage_customs.htm
• http//www.everyculture.com/Ma-Ni/Nigeria.html
• http//news.bbc.co.uk/go/pr/fr/-/2/hi/africa/31575
  70.stm
• http//www.topweddinglinks.com/ethnicweddings/nige
  rian.html
• http//village.africanpath.com/profiles/blog/show?
  id15555983ABlogPost3A46450

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