Ore & Esi’s Traditional Engagement is The Brightness Your Day Needs!

BNW October 10, 20220 Comments

One very beautiful way to appreciate a culture is in how they celebrate love and this is where Nigerian weddings take the cake – especially, traditional weddings! Today, we not only get to celebrate love but also see the beauty of the Yoruba culture. This is thanks to lovebirds, Ore and Esi.

The two tied the knot in a beautiful Yoruba traditional engagement with family, friends and well-wishers present to share in their joy. As is the Yoruba customs, the groom and his people came bearing gifts as they asked for the hand of beautiful Ore in marriage. Now, the two have become one. The colours, beauty and evident love in this trad will totally make your day as they have made ours.

Enjoy their trad photos and love story as shared by Esi below. Also, catch their white wedding here.

Their love story as shared by Esi:

How we met, huh? This should be interesting; I believe we need to start from just before we met. So, I had just gotten out of a relationship and… well, not just gotten out, but I got out, and I was kind of just like shutting doors and everything. At the time, a classmate was DJing at a Halloween party in Leicester; I was at Sheffield University and never travelled anywhere for anything. So, this guy was meant to DJ for the party in Leicester, and a friend was managing the guy. So basically, she was meant to go to Leicester and go with her boyfriend at the time, my close friend in London doing his masters. I think he was swamped at the time, so he couldn’t make it. So she asked another friend Michael and me, to come through to support him. After a long while of convincing, especially from Michael, I eventually decided to go to Leicester for the party, going against my not travelling rule. So fast-forward to the event, I got to the club for the Halloween party with my friends, and it was dead. Fortunately, I believe the club agreed because they shut the event down a few minutes later. The organisers were determined, though, and told everyone it’ll be a house party instead; thus. We all headed to their house from the club. Finally, this is where we first met – kind of. Her group of friends were walking beside my group of friends, my friend fancied her friend, so I struck up a convo with her people to get that going. However, that made her think I was interested in her friend.

After getting to the house (btw I was staying at the organiser’s house), I changed my shoes into brand new white NMDs! I didn’t want to wear them to the club because it’s the club. Anyhow, while sitting down at the party after changing shoes, I felt pressure on my leg, like someone had just stepped on my foot. But weirdly, I couldn’t feel the step off my foot that should follow. I looked down and saw someone’s leg casually balancing on my new shoes because it must’ve looked like the floor?? I was in a bad mood and didn’t want to talk to anyone, so I looked at this person and tapped them. They turn around and look at me, but I stare without saying a word and slowly start looking towards my feet (a bit dramatic, lol). They flow my gaze and realise what’s happened, and then they removed their feet…and that’s how we met. How things went from that to getting married is a different story, but I’ll just say it was the best moment of my life, and I didn’t know it yet. We talked, and I instantly felt like I’d known her for years. I told her things I hadn’t told anyone, and she did too. I think it took us less than a month to know we wanted to be in a relationship together, though, after that, we still waited 2/3 months just in case.

Now, let’s check out Esi as he also gets ready for the special day!