ammyluv2002: Yeah! White & court wedding are just ceremonial. You can decide not to wed in the church but you must perform the traditional rites on a lady before she can be called your wife....is in the bible and as a Christian, I always go with my bible principles not trendy principles.

Although some say is ok to get a marriage blessing from a priest/pastor which isn't bad

Largas:
many ladies can't live with a man as husband and wife if white wedding hasn't been performed.

Zedric: thats because most girls see white wedding as an avenue to show off but, technically, traditional wedding covers everything.

Funnicator: I'm currently arguing this out with a group and I'm confused on where to stand.

Can one carry out only traditional marriage and live throughout his life with that? Or is the white marriage a compulsory necessity?

If the traditional marriage is a complete one, kindly state out why. If it is not, do same please.

Mods, you can move it to family section if deemed necessary.

You're most welcome.
Discuss.

Mynd44: White wedding is a form of traditional wedding. Traditional wedding we borrowed from another culture.

I essence, if you do your traditional wedding and a "white" wedding, you just did two traditional weddings. Any wedding which is consumated by your church pastor(leader) is a church wedding. It does not matter if you wear white(or a gown or the groom wears a 3 piece suit) or not. It does not matter if you have it in church or not(you can have it in a hall and your pastor comes over to bless you with the church's backing)

Hell these days, traditional leaders have marriage registers which is domiciled with the Baale, local Oba or an recognised Traditional leader and you go there to sign it which makes it official(They report to the Local Governments)

I don't know why people love calling their traditional marriage "engagement" and their church wedding "wedding" it is just weird. When you have something called "Introduction" which is basically an engagement ceremony.

Mynd44: White wedding is a form of traditional wedding. Traditional wedding we borrowed from another culture.

I essence, if you do your traditional wedding and a "white" wedding, you just did two traditional weddings. Any wedding which is consumated by your church pastor(leader) is a church wedding. It does not matter if you wear white(or a gown or the groom wears a 3 piece suit) or not. It does not matter if you have it in church or not(you can have it in a hall and your pastor comes over to bless you with the church's backing)

Hell these days, traditional leaders have marriage registers which is domiciled with the Baale, local Oba or an recognised Traditional leader and you go there to sign it which makes it official(They report to the Local Governments)

I don't know why people love calling their traditional marriage "engagement" and their church wedding "wedding" it is just weird. When you have something called "Introduction" which is basically an engagement ceremony.

strangest: It is complete but the only issue with it is that you do not get a certificate to show a bona fide relationship

iamord:

Am impressed with your talk..well you are right.. I also red that it was an ifa preist that officiated felas wedding at the ikeja registry.. For me I will do the two. But I believe the traditional is more of the essence

tellwisdom: White wedding is the traditional wedding to the westerns. But we have chosen to add our own traditional to theirs, making it two trads...you see how foolish we are??

Mynd44:
Which made it a court and a pagan (not traditional) wedding

iamord:

Yeah I guess. So but I believe the necessary traditional practice was done.. The registry is just for the sake of getting the cert

Zedric: thats because most girls see white wedding as an avenue to show off but, technically, traditional wedding covers everything.

Yomieluv: Your purse determines everything. To know I see no reason doing the three brands of wedding,save if the person is Dangote.. I even prefer the tradition marriage,all the church,court wedding are imposed by the whites..if a man hasn't performed the tradition rite on a lady,customarily,he's not officially the husband,this also buttress the fact that tradition marriage is the best according to me,while others are dependent on the buoyancy of the man.

strangest: It is complete but the only issue with it is that you do not get a certificate to show a bona fide relationship

ammyluv2002: Yeah! White & court wedding are just ceremonial. You can decide not to wed in the church but you must perform the traditional rites on a lady before she can be called your wife....is in the bible and as a Christian, I always go with my bible principles not trendy principles.

Although some say is ok to get a marriage blessing from a priest/pastor which isn't bad

TomiwaDamola: Why won't it be? When our parents and grandparents had only the traditional wedding was it not a complete wedding?

strangest: It is complete but the only issue with it is that you do not get a certificate to show a bona fide relationship