I'm an Anambra bride-to-be. I suggested to my fiance that we hold all events (traditional and church wedding receptions) in one day. 
My line of thought was: 
♥On the previous day, the bride price will be paid as the church holds it as a prerequisite, while the following day, all receptions hold together after the church wedding. 

As much as I'm trying to save cost, I still want a memorable event. 
I'm confused as to how to merge the 2 events in one.
☆Do I wear traditional attire for the reception and have a traditional wedding cake?
☆How will the programme of event look like?
☆Will the decorations be traditionally oriented? 

Trying to ease the burden off my fiance.
Please kindly assist with ideas. Thank you muchos!

Since the bride price/trad is the previous day let it end there, take your pictures and all.
Next day after church do your normal reception , non trad decor, non-trad cake, non-trad attire.shikena

Good initiative, as in good thinking in d right direction. A major factor will be your church, good understanding and agreement should be made with ur chch. They will give you the modality
A frd case:
Denomination: catholic
Venue:somewhere in benue
Resident: lagos
Event day: friday
D gist; bride n friends left lag for benue on d previous Thursday. Groom, parents and friends left lagos and Akure on friday (d day), arrived benue around 6:30pm and event started to 8pm as all arrangements had previously been made. It continues into a mummy's call time. As DJ blasted til dawn. Early saturday morning we are in d church as d priest bless d union in holy matrimony after which we went home, pack baggages and took off back to lag.

yetseyi:
Since the bride price/trad is the previous day let it end there, take your pictures and all.
Next day after church do your normal reception , non trad decor, non-trad cake, non-trad attire.shikena

Thought of this too. Thanks a lot

amerimex:
Good initiative, as in good thinking in d right direction. A major factor will be your church, good understanding and agreement should be made with ur chch. They will give you the modality
A frd case:
Denomination: catholic
Venue:somewhere in benue
Resident: lagos
Event day: friday
D gist; bride n friends left lag for benue on d previous Thursday. Groom, parents and friends left lagos and Akure on friday (d day), arrived benue around 6:30pm and event started to 8pm as all arrangements had previously been made. It continues into a mummy's call time. As DJ blasted til dawn. Early saturday morning we are in d church as d priest bless d union in holy matrimony after which we went home, pack baggages and took off back to lag.

Wow!

Jewelofgold:

I'm an Anambra bride-to-be. I suggested to my fiance that we hold all events (traditional and church wedding receptions) in one day. 
My line of thought was: 
♥On the previous day, the bride price will be paid as the church holds it as a prerequisite, while the following day, all receptions hold together after the church wedding. 

As much as I'm trying to save cost, I still want a memorable event. 
I'm confused as to how to merge the 2 events in one.
☆Do I wear traditional attire for the reception and have a traditional wedding cake?
☆How will the programme of event look like?
☆Will the decorations be traditionally oriented? 

Trying to ease the burden off my fiance.
Please kindly assist with ideas. Thank you muchos!

I'm in your exact shoes.

This is how I planned mine. Bride price the day before with max of 10 people in attendance. This will happen around 5pm or so.

Following day. White wedding first. Then we do a little dance dance. (PS: I'm cutting my cake here).

After which, I change for trad, do igba-nkwu and dance again. End of story. ( you can decide to cut cake here). I decided to cut mine earlier cos makeup would still be fresh and people would be attendance.

Trad would begin from 3pm, by then people would be more interested in food and other stuff is secondary.

As per deco, mine is trad oriented. Cos I don't intend to stay in my dress for long at all.

All the best.

Good one girls. I attended a wedding recently , babe is Igbo. She already did the court and traditional weddings in the past but needed all her docks aligned in a photoshoot. So she eventually did white, trad, and reception in a day last Saturday. Yeah...she broke the bank cos her bobo is a money bag


You could plan yours too with strict time adherence with all done in a day. Just beg you people to conform...in fact keep the timer with an highly revered uncle

As for me, I'm no gonna bother with white, trad, this that...I would just go to court and have the rest in a garden with not more than 100people in attendance. The yams and go will be delivered by courier

sisisioge:
Good one girls. I attended a wedding recently , babe is Igbo. She already did the court and traditional weddings in the past but needed all her docks aligned in a photoshoot. So she eventually did white, trad, and reception in a day last Saturday. Yeah...she broke the bank cos her bobo is a money bag


You could plan yours too with strict time adherence with all done in a day. Just beg you people to conform...in fact keep the timer with an highly revered uncle

As for me, I'm no gonna bother with white, trad, this that...I would just go to court and have the rest in a garden with not more than 100people in attendance. The yams and go will be delivered by courier

Lol... Way to go. You wed for yourself and not for others

rvpbae:


I'm in your exact shoes.

This is how I planned mine. Bride price the day before with max of 10 people in attendance. This will happen around 5pm or so.

Following day. White wedding first. Then we do a little dance dance. (PS: I'm cutting my cake here).

After which, I change for trad, do igba-nkwu and dance again. End of story. ( you can decide to cut cake here). I decided to cut mine earlier cos makeup would still be fresh and people would be attendance.

Trad would begin from 3pm, by then people would be more interested in food and other stuff is secondary.

As per deco, mine is trad oriented. Cos I don't intend to stay in my dress for long at all.

All the best.

Does that mean your cake will not be traditionally oriented?

See how it's done, do pride price on Friday with only your family and groom's family in attendance. Then on Saturday morning, go to church for white wedding, after church, you will still be in your wedding gown, cut your wedding cake, do toast and dance a little. Then go in and change to your trad clothes both you and your husband, you can also cut your trad wedding cake. But the idea is to reduce cost of food and drink.

The decorations will comprise both traditional and white wedding touchups. They know how to do it

Jewelofgold:
Does that mean your cake will not be traditionally oriented?

No, it won't.

If you decide to cut your cake during your trad, then the cake should be trad oriented.

It is only in Africa that a man marries a woman three times. Goodluck op

Ishilove:
It is only in Africa that a man marries a woman three times. Goodluck op

New York is in Africa??

http://abcnews.go.com/blogs/lifestyle/2013/07/i-do-again-more-couples-opting-for-multiple-ceremonies/

http://www.refinery29.com/multiple-wedding-receptions-idea

I don't get this. Is it not crazy to put on 3 to 4 clothes in a day, cut 2 to 3 cakes for the SAME event?


What exactly is the traditional wedding meant to do after the Church joining? Appease the gods of our forefathers?


Sometimes I feel like beating up whoever invented these craz.y ideas that obviously drain, not only the blood, but resources.

naptu2:



New York is in Africa??

http://abcnews.go.com/blogs/lifestyle/2013/07/i-do-again-more-couples-opting-for-multiple-ceremonies/

http://www.refinery29.com/multiple-wedding-receptions-idea

Asians and Africans have a lot of things in common than they care to admit
Your story was that of an Asian who took their culture to the states.
Nigerians in the states too do multiple weddings. Court, traditional and church.

eyinjuege:


Asians and Africans have a lot of things in common than they care to admit
Your story was that of an Asian who took their culture to the states.
Nigerians in the states too do multiple weddings. Court, traditional and church.

Hahahahahahahahaaahaahaahhhhaha


Clearly you didn't go through the articles that I provided links to, otherwise you would have read about the British couple that had a wedding ceremony in London and had another one in Los Angeles, because they also wanted a holiday themed wedding.


Anyway, note the word in bold type in the quote below.

Ishilove:
It is only in Africa that a man marries a woman three times. Goodluck op

I don't get this. Is it not crazy to put on 3 to 4 clothes in a day, cut 2 to 3 cakes for the SAME event?


What exactly is the traditional wedding meant to do after the Church joining? Appease the gods of our forefathers?


Sometimes I feel like beating up whoever invented these craz.y ideas that obviously drain, not only the blood, but resources.
Actually...its cumbersome

Since you said the aim is to save cost, first the bride price should be paid on Friday with few family members from both sides. Then the next day, you have the church wedding after the church wedding, you have a brief reception(probably at the brides home), cut your wedding cake then a little dance, then both of you will go & change up for traditional wedding. While changing the decoration people will give there decoration some facelift to make it look like........ They know how to do it. Then instead of making one big cake, it's better to have two small one for both white wedding & trad.