The most anticipated wedding of the year, between Oluwabankole Wellington, known as Banky W and Nigerian actress, Adesua Etomi, finally took place on Sunday, November 19, 2017, with all the pomp and pageantry.
Celebrities trooped in their numbers to witness “that wedding”, where many are still ‘gossiping’ about the attempts by some guests to steal the show – especially Ebuka’s and his agbada.
We still have not heard anything about the food. Of course, that would have gone well.
But, something else triggered the concern of a Twitter user, who elaborately discussed the disregard for the Edo tradition at the wedding.
See below:
was on IG all through yesterday to watch banky & adesua's wedding, mehn it showed class & was nice. But banky did not marry adesua like he was marring an Edo gal, the setting was that of a Yoruba wedding setting & it was not fair, whoever did d planning failed there.
— Omosefe Woghiren (@itzRolexjojo) November 20, 2017
A thread on banky & adesua's wedding.. why was d bride price payment done in an event center when she is an Edo gal, that the payment needed to be done in her father's compound and she leaves with banky to d event center for d reception? Or they already paid before now?
— Omosefe Woghiren (@itzRolexjojo) November 20, 2017
Banky W is suppose to wear d Edo men attire at the bride price payment before the agbada..that shows he is marrying an Edo gal. As seen in this pix..secondly, where is her dad sisters?, where they not present at the wedding? Because they were suppose to be d once, pic.twitter.com/oJxBviQ2re
— Omosefe Woghiren (@itzRolexjojo) November 20, 2017
To usher her in, not the way she was dancing in.. Then alagba or alada was not suppose to task banky w & his friends, that part should be the family of the bride, that is her aunties..that is how we do it in Edo state. And we don't task friends along, just d groom.
— Omosefe Woghiren (@itzRolexjojo) November 20, 2017
Only her friends bringing her in,no family members? It was not well done.. Then I did not see video where her dad is suppose to put her in banky W dad's lap & count seven times, then banky w dad will then now put her in banky w lap just once.. This is done after,
— Omosefe Woghiren (@itzRolexjojo) November 20, 2017
Banky w has removed her veil to identify she is his bride.. But trust me all this I'm saying should not be done in an event center. Using osas ajibade's wedding as an example. It was after they paid her bride price, they both went to d reception venue.
— Omosefe Woghiren (@itzRolexjojo) November 20, 2017
So the question now is, is adesua etomi a Yoruba gal or an Edo gal? She is indeed an Edo gal but did not really show she was marrying like she is from Edo state, but like she is Yoruba. ?
— Omosefe Woghiren (@itzRolexjojo) November 20, 2017
the last thing I need to mention concerning adesua & banky w wedding is,d bride's mum is nt suppose to be there during d bride price payment,according to Edo customs & traditions..only coms after to give her consent. Maybe yesterday was jst formalities, lik dey already did dat.
— Omosefe Woghiren (@itzRolexjojo) November 20, 2017
She still wishes them good tho.
Anyway, the wedding is over.. I wish them both a beautiful marriage life.. They are both perfect for each other & a match made in heaven. Adesua & banky w❤
— Omosefe Woghiren (@itzRolexjojo) November 20, 2017
Reactions:
@itzRolexjojo I perfectly understand your thread .. but someone would read it and have another interpretation of it . Our customs and traditions are what make us who we are. Don't change it for whatever reason. An Edo bride should marry the Edo way ?
— Buchi (@mashupbuckey) November 20, 2017
Aunty matrimonial expert
The consultant general in marriage traditions
O great thesaurus on nuptial mattersThy will be done ma. pic.twitter.com/qK44OzNUKx
— – C (@chaarlessca) November 20, 2017
“Tradition is a guide and not a jailer.” “It is a fine thing to establish one's own religion in one's heart, not to be dependent on tradition and second-hand ideals. Life will seem to you, later, not a lesser, but a greater thing.”
— Christine Chioma (@XtineChioma) November 20, 2017
Your thread is really on point. I married an Edo woman and I had that wrapper tied on me at the traditional then I changed to my agbada later. Her dad is a Muslim so they didn't collect the bride price from my family. Edo has a beautiful culture.
— Ade (@debo_adekunle) November 20, 2017
People wey wan wed don wed…. Knack well well. Ona dey here dey do nonsense thread, dey fight. ? pic.twitter.com/gSkGD06ud9
— Akorede Ti Kore De? (@KingingKenko) November 20, 2017
One thing I like about this thread is that it made me aware of the Edo traditions I didn't know about.
Anyways, pls can u educate me on d traditions of an Edo groom marrying a non-Edo bride? (say Delta state)
— Première dame (@jayameee) November 20, 2017
https://twitter.com/Lerivay/status/932546634910781441
If you so decide because you understand tradition so much, you can decide if you haven't married thou to marry wearing masquerade attires & also do it in a shrine.
Jobless nossy people. HML jor @BankyW @AdesuaEtomi #BAAD2017
— Oluwatosin GBELA (@lutosinGBELA) November 20, 2017
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