Sam’s Hangout #104 - “CULTURE, EXPRESSION & OWNERSHIP”

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Eid Mubarak everyone 🤍✨
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Ok.... You might think I have gone.imto extinction, that's not exactly true. Staying out of the reach of the weakening of Hive, gathering strength for the comeback.

This weekend, the topic of discussion calls for absolute reconsiderations. Like they say, culture is dynamic and in our changing world, knowledge has increased tremendously, so has the reasoning and logic perceptions of people increased too.

One thing about culture, whether it be clothing, food, emotion, respect, greetings, hairdos and whatnot, it does not remain static. This isnthe beauty of culture.
Let me begin this discourse by saying that culture can be influenced, once there is a superior one in terms of exposure and yearnings of a people, a culture can suffer peer influence 😂🤣😭.

In the case of attire that is worn during special occasion like wedding, the truth remains that the english culture influenced our native culture and that has since registered itself with the people.
Now that we have come to the juncture of truth and revelation, we have seen that what defines a wedding is not the attire worn but the aftermath of the ceremonies. People have since started cutting down on the hype for white wedding as it was called.
In my church for instance, the leadership has adviced that an intending couple can have their marriage blessed in a room of the bride, groom, their parents and the clergy that would perform the rites. This whole expensive ceremony where some folks have to go take a loan in the name of organizing a marriage feast is no more in vogue.
Lets me buttress on the wedding attire.
Gone are the days when couple MUST where a pair of suit and white wedding gown before their union can be solemnize. Traditional attire or any such attire that the couple dim fit can be worn.

In fact, their are instances where Europeans come to shop for African native attire for their weddings. This is just to tell us the changing belief pattern for solemnizing a marriage.

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It's the weekend already?

Happy weekend fellas.

Huhm, ok. Personally, I do not think our weddings should be limited to just the couples own culture. I agree that our attires, languages and all that shows or reflects our culture carries very deep meaning, and there's nothing bad when our weddings reflect it, but Nigeria is a mixed country and so far our weddings aren't just one culture/tribe based based and we marry one another, then our expressions shouldn't be limited too. Culture should be preserved, I agree with that but we can't force a certain thing in the couples, if they want it mixed, fine and good and if they want to stay fully traditional, then so be it.

Also, talking of mixing other tribes customes or attires, personally I see nothing wrong with that, to me it's more of love and appreciation than erasure. But I will love to add that it's depends on how it is used, each culture, tribes and their attires deserves respect. So, as long as you give honour to the owner and respects them, you're good to go. Nigeria is one big family, and it's just one of the ways in which we can show love and unity amidst ourselves. So, to me it does not in any way erase the original identity, meaning or ownership.

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Weddings are ways to show our cultural values and that's why all tribes have their way of performing wedding functions. If cultures can be borrowed then some would have incorporated other tribe's mode of function to replace theirs.

Our dresses, accessories, active should promote our original culture cos that's even the only way I can say cultures are still been maintained.
Is it not in this era where parents counts their dialects to be vernacular and forbids children from speaking it.....

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I greet everybody specially. Hope una dey enjoy the city boy's movement tori for town? 🤣

Culture is dynamic and every tribe has a way of dressing up for which they're known. It's their identity! So when it comes to traditional marriages, couples should dress in their traditional attires and accessories, as a way of promoting and equality preserving their cultural heritage.

In a case of inter marriage, the couples should go with their traditional attire and all, that's if they actually have any. Lol. But if it's intra marriage, they should incorporate the two different cultural attire and accessories, thereby promoting the two cultures together. This not only brings peace and unity, amongst the tribes, it goes a long way to cement the relationship. It also helps the people better understand the tribes they're marrying into.

I've seen this a couple of times, and it's just beautiful.

However, in a situation where their traditional attires and accessories have gone extinct, make them just use any available one. Lol. By the way, in God's eyes, we're all the same, culture included. Hehehe.

!BBH

As the name implies " Traditional Marriage"
So i feel every couples doing traditional marriage in Nigeria should use their traditional attire. It does not just make the event beautiful, but it showcases and preserve the culture of such community or ethic group.