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IT TRENDED! Yoruba reacts to Nigerian feminist’s refusal to kneel for her husband during their traditional wedding
The refusal of a Nigerian feminist to kneel for her husband during their Yoruba traditional marriage has sparked different reactions online, with many Twitter users defending that aspect of the Yoruba culture.
The newly wedded lady, identified as Eniola, had posted social media that she and her husband instructed the elders at her wedding not to ask her to kneel down.
She wrote,
“Speaking of submission, during my Yoruba engagement, my husband and I told the Alagas to not use that word or ask me to kneel for him. Everyone told me it wouldn’t be possible because, culture. But guess whose knees didn’t touch the ground?
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She added,
My sister’s wedding was earlier this week and she also warned against using the term “ile oko” (husband’s house). Everyone is setting their house rules and removing the bs one act at a time. Looking forward to subversive “no wedding” family members lol
But many Yoruba Twitter users have gone ahead to defend the ‘kneeling’ and ‘prostrating’ aspect of the traditional marriage, with one saying they are the highlights of the wedding.
I won’t blame her she should enjoy it while it last because d day she has little issue with ha husband family,it dat day she will know d true and real meaning of tradition and Yoruba people,d pple supporting ha now won’t be der to defend ha den.
— Reliable (@OlayinkaOladot3) August 24, 2018
– Yoruba women aren’t as subordinate as the culture might make you assume. You should look into the women that actually leave their husbands lmao. I wish they were more brutal tho and just poisoned them.
— DJ Finger Blast (@AgentKole) August 24, 2018
I went for my friend’s wedding as 1 of his groomsmen. We prostrated in front of the bride’s parents, people I had never met or known. These moments were the highlight of d wedding for me. That bit of the Yoruba culture is so so beautiful. Don’t let woke people destroy this.
— ?Word2Vekker ? (@BBlaQBobby) August 24, 2018
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I’m going to kneel for my Groom on my Wedding day and every other day when the need arises, I’m going to call him Olowoorimi.
All these fake woke Aunties should take a bow & STFU.
I’m a thoroughbred Yoruba Lady and my Grandma Raised me right.
It’s My Culture and I love it.
— Olajoke Akinkuolie (@lajokejcc) August 24, 2018
I’m Yoruba married to a Deltan, they don’t kneel.. My husband’s siblings call him by name, doesn’t take away the fact that respect and honour is given…
Yes, Culture is important but if she has chosen not to kneel and she and her husband are fine, what is your own?— Nwanyi’Oma (@Inzaghi1) August 24, 2018
I knelt to propose to my girlfriend, she’s now my wife… According to Nigerian Twitter that means she’s superior to me.
Everybody finding ways to be relevant in their own corner. Oh well.
PS: My own Yoruba background taught me prostrating/kneeling is a way to honor people.
— J. Taiwo Orilogbon (@logbon72) August 24, 2018
I’m a full-blooded Yoruba man and my mother raised me right. I will prostrate for my wife & her family on my wedding day & I expect her to kneel before me as well.
This doesn’t make her inferior in my eyes.
This is my CULTURE, I love it & will never deviate from it.
— PEREZ (@__perez94) August 24, 2018
I want a traditional wedding more than a white wedding…. BUT I’ve been so scared of denying myself & participating in all these submissive shenanigans in the name of culture. Thank you for doing it!! A feminist Yoruba traditional wedding. I STAN hard & I’m now more optimistic. https://t.co/xydZdQevUx
— Damilola Marcus (@OmogeDami) August 24, 2018
I just read a thread about a bride not kneeling down for her husband during YORUBA traditional wedding. And the man would think he has married a wife now. Smh. Congrats to him
— Infamous Minded (@PRODEEGY) August 24, 2018
Funny thing about the Yoruba tribe is, The women KNEEL, the Men LIE DOWN FLAT regardless of how the floor looks. pic.twitter.com/1LBzAdC4G5
— CHISOM (@_PLICE) August 24, 2018
I saw Yoruba trending. I thought it was for something ingenious. 5 minutes kneeling down that doesn’t add or subtract to/from you? People just tweet nonesense because they have data. I see why internet is expensive here.
— Gbemileke | RelatablesNG? (@gbemilekeadeoti) August 24, 2018
As a Yoruba man, when you see older people, especially those old enough to “born you”, you prostrate. You go on the ground, except the person stops you like this man (Alh Asumo) did in this picture. #culture #heritage #yoruba #ibadan pic.twitter.com/4UJjRff4by
— Oloye Akin Alabi (@akinalabi) August 24, 2018
It is fine that some couples are rejecting symbolic gestures such as a wife kneeling for her husband during the Yoruba traditional wedding. Everyone is entitled to their choices. I just find it amusing we are quicker to find holes in gestures than those of our colonial masters
— Babanla (@biolakazeem) August 24, 2018
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