Oluwatobi Ceomania of Ceomania Alaso-Oke & Seyi Adegeye of Rare Magic led a host of wedding vendors to highlight the beauty of cultural co-existence through a wedding shoot performance tagged #TheAkugbe18. We’ve featured a lot of bridal shoots on LoveWeddingsNG but this one’s special – 23 vendors came together to make this shoot a reality. According to the release;
The Akugbe story is a beautiful union between an Edo family and a Yoruba family whose relations and friendships flow across the river Niger. The bride, Isimeme, the only daughter of the Ogbezuwas is from Benin; her mother is an Igbo woman from Anambra. Isimeme studied at Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria with Nigerians of different tribes. Her friends are mostly from the north; from Kaduna, Jos, Sokoto and Katsina.
The groom, a proud son of the Majekodunmi’s is an Abeokuta man from a tightly knit nuclear family. He is well educated and has found a jewel in an Edo woman. His father and mother are retired civil servants who have traveled across the country. Both fictional families came together on the 13th of March 2018 to perform the rites and beauty of cultural co-existence.
The posture of the Nigerian people today is filled with shades of suspicion. Everyone tells negative stories about the other person, while we focus on our differences; we forget that we have lived with one another for so long without these trickles of hate pooling and spilling around the land.
Colour Red is a unique colour, Its richness is evident in our cultural beads . The delicate beads is a sign of royalty and panache, a rising emotion that the Igbos, Hausa and Yoruba share. When we celebrate life, we forget the tensions built by insecurities around us, we wear our pride, we present our culture; the joy on our faces brightens up the event. We should blend the way colours do.
Thus The Akugbe collaborative marriage performance is aimed at preaching the beauty of cultural co-existence as a Nation.
Enjoy!
Credits
Bride: Amanda Dara
- Outfit: George by Ruvero Designs
- Makeup: Zainab Azeez
- Hand fan: CEO Mania Alaso Oke
- Beads: Fi Beads
- Hair: Tobbie’s Touch
Groom: Tade Ayodeji
- Agbada: CEO Mania Alaso Oke
- Beads: Rochem Iyaileke
Friends of the Bride
- Aso ebi Fabric: Queen of Fabrics
- Tailoring: House of Estera Apparel
- Aso ebi Gele: CEO Mania Alaso Oke
- Makeup: Zainab Azeez & NomeyJ Makeovers
- Gele: Taiwo Touch
Bride’s Father
- Outfit: Ponle Clothings
- Beads: Fi Beads
Bride’s Mother
- Outfit: George by Ruvero Designs
- Tailoring: House of Estera Apparel
- Jewellery: Gbenga Art Smith
- Makeup: NomeyJ Makeovers
- Gele: Taiwo Touch
Groom’s Father
- Agbada: CEO Mania Alaso Oke
- Beads: Rochem Iyaileke
Groom’s Mother
- Outfit: Depeju Tribes Aso Oke
- Jewellery: Gbenga Art Smith
- Makeup: Da Vee Shome
- Gele: Taiwo Touch
Bride & Groom’s Family
- Makeup: Da Vee Shome & NomeyJ Makeovers
- Aso Oke: Depeju Tribes Aso Oke & CEO Mania Alaso Oke
- Gele: Taiwo Touch
- Planner: DWS Events NG
- Decoration: Abinibi Events Cottage
- Location: Sheba Centre Ltd
- Photography: Rare Magic Gallery
- Cinematographer: The Gallery NG
- Food: Ofada Boy
- Furniture Rentals: Concept on Rentals & Events
- Branding: Stylish Pause
- Automobile (Cars): Classic Rydes
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