chapter+12+engagements+and+wedding

due date** || **Facilitator** ||  media type="youtube" key="Tkr_BJsXvEs" height="344" width="425" === FIRTEEN FACTS 1.  Today Igbo weddings are very western like. === === 2. Olopa iduro is a speaker from the grooms side of the story. Sometiems they hire a speaker for the occasion. === === 3. <span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 200%; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'">Olopa Ijoko is a speaker from the brides side of the family. Also they can be hired === ===<span style="color: rgb(6, 0, 255); font-family: Webdings"><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 200%; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'"> <span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 200%; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'">4.<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; font-size: 7pt; line-height: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal"> <span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 200%; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'">The introduction of the wedding takes place at the brides house. Traditionally the brdies family pays for the wedding unless the groom is willing to chip in. === ===<span style="color: rgb(6, 0, 255); font-family: Webdings"><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 200%; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'"> <span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 200%; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'">5.<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; font-size: 7pt; line-height: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal"> <span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 200%; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'">The grooms family kneels upon entrance into the brides home. === ===<span style="color: rgb(6, 0, 255); font-family: Webdings"><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 200%; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'"> <span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 200%; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'">6.<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; font-size: 7pt; line-height: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal"> <span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 200%; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'">The groom and brides side of the family sit on opposite sides. The two speakers sit in the center and the bride and groom closer together. === ===<span style="color: rgb(6, 0, 255); font-family: Webdings"><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 200%; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'"> <span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 200%; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'">7.<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; font-size: 7pt; line-height: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal"> <span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 200%; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'">The Olopa Iduro introduces the groom and his family and the bride and her family. === ===<span style="color: rgb(6, 0, 255); font-family: Webdings"><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 200%; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'"> <span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 200%; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'">8.<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; font-size: 7pt; line-height: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal"> <span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 200%; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'">There is a proposal letter given from the grooms family to the brides. === ===<span style="color: rgb(6, 0, 255); font-family: Webdings"><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 200%; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'"> <span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 200%; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'">9.<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; font-size: 7pt; line-height: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal"> <span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 200%; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'">The proposal is called dowry. === ===<span style="color: rgb(6, 0, 255); font-family: Webdings"><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 200%; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'"> <span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 200%; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'">10.<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; font-size: 7pt; line-height: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal"> <span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 200%; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'">They say a prayer. === ===<span style="color: rgb(6, 0, 255); font-family: Webdings"><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 200%; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'"> <span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 200%; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'">11.<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; font-size: 7pt; line-height: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal"> <span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 200%; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'">Obi is a kola drink shared. === ===<span style="color: rgb(6, 0, 255); font-family: Webdings"><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 200%; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'"> <span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 200%; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'">1 <span style="color: rgb(6, 0, 255); font-family: Webdings"><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 200%; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'">2.<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; font-size: 7pt; line-height: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal">  <span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 200%; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'">Engagement can take place after introduction or seperatly. === <span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 200%; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'"><span style="color: rgb(13, 0, 255)"><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 200%; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'">13.<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; font-size: 7pt; line-height: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal"> **<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'">The engagement ceremony also takes place at the bride's house, and her family is once again responsible for that. Both parties are dressed in a__so__ oke, which is more fancy and more expensive Nigerian attire.<span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 200%; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'"> **__<span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 200%; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'">Source __ <span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 200%; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'">http://www.motherlandnigeria.com/life.html External Link to Informative Websites on Ibo tribe Weddings [|Pictures and cool facts] [|Informative site with some photos]
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