Federal Capital Territory, Abuja currently.
billionaire’s son, Ahmed Indimi,will be getting married on December 16.
planners are doing all the best possible to make it a low key ceremony as
insisted by the father of the bride, President Muhammadu Buhari.
has her friends all around her and everyone making sure she gets the best of
the day as a bride’s mother.
Already invitation for the Kamun Amariya has been sent
out.
rites, the Nikkhai must precede all wedding ceremony. The culturally rich
events tend to last about a week, starting with a wedding Fatiha and ending
with the main wedding reception.
The Kamu Amariya
is one of the oldest events in the Hausa wedding ceremony. “Kama”
means catch the bride. The groom’s family comes and negotiates with the bride’s
friends for her release to them. They have come for their bride and they are willing
to pay any price to have her. This is a fun event and negotiation may take up
to 30 minutes followed by a fun reception.
Zahra |
Then, there is the Wuni/Sa Lalle
which is an event strictly for the ladies. This is when the bride gets to
spend the last bit of free time with her friends and female members of her
family, in her father’s house. A mixture of henna is made and used to make
beautifully designs on the bride’s hands, palms and legs. Her friends and
family also get henna designs on their hands but not as elaborate as the bride.
Henna is used to make bring out the beauty of the bride.
An unnamed Hausa bride being administered the Henna |
There are
many activities lined up but the President is still harping on a low budget,
low key and no media presence wedding!
Reports
that trailed the Lafe ceremony did not go down well with the father of the
bride who believed the 30 Louis Vuitton bags were much extravagance from the
Indimis.
Anyways, news
hounds await how Zahra’s December 16 wedding will not be reported as envisaged
by President Buhari.
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