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Luo Ayie Nyombo Traditional :: Customary Marriage Ceremony

Luo Ayie Nyombo Traditional :: Customary Marriage Ceremony

Luo Ayie Nyombo Traditional :: Customary Marriage Ceremony Congratulations Emmanuel & Donna Date | 12.09.18 Dowry Location| Kendu Bay Nairobi Wedding Photographer | Antony Trivet Photography Luo Traditional Wedding Ceremony:- The bride’s mother should prepare chicken “Gweno” and other meals are also included example is cow’s meat “ring dhiang” whereby the cow should be slaughtered on that day. The people who were preparing food are the ones who are involved with serving the groom’s family.‘ Nyombo’ is the payment of […]

Kikuyu Traditional Ngurario Ceremony :: Ruracio Uthoni Marriage

Kikuyu Traditional Ngurario Ceremony :: Ruracio Uthoni Marriage

Kikuyu Traditional Ngurario CeremonyKikuyu Traditional Ngurario Ceremony :: Ruracio Uthoni Marriage Congratulations Alice & George Date | 12.08.18 Nairobi Wedding Photographer | Antony Trivet photography Assistant Photographer | Ben Kiilu Photo-shoot Location| Nyari Estate Nairobi Make Up Artist :: Freddy MakeUp Artists East Africa Dowry payment is a series of events namely:- 1. Kumenya mucii – getting to know the brides home. 2. Kuhanda ithigi – Literally means planting a branch of a tree mostly banana 3. Kuracia – Actual dowry payment On the set the […]

Kalenjin Koito Culture Marriage :: Kenya Traditional Dowry Payment

Kalenjin Koito Culture Marriage :: Kenya Traditional Dowry Payment

Kalenjin Koito Culture Marriage :: Kenya Traditional Dowry Payment On this day the bridegroom goes to the groom’s home with her family and clan elders. The bridegroom will be taken to the special hut that has been made and decorated by the groom only. The meals were prepared by both sides. The groom’s family will prepare the following delicacies: bull’s meat, sheep, goat, and sour milk. The bride and groom’s family will only prepare ugali made of millet flour mixed […]

Maasai Enkiama Marriage Ceremony :: Traditional Cultural Rituals

Maasai Enkiama Marriage Ceremony :: Traditional Cultural Rituals

Maasai Enkiama Marriage Ceremony :: Traditional Cultural Rituals Marriage, known as Enkiama, holds a special place in Maasai culture as a vital connection and the foundation of future generations. The process involves the boy and girl undergoing initiation rites before the elders arrange the marriage. Surprisingly, the bride and her mother are not informed initially. If the boy’s interest is reciprocated, his parents approach the girl’s family with a proposal. Upon acceptance, the boy’s parents return with a dowry that […]

Kenyan Kikuyu Traditional Wedding :: Ngurario Marriage Ceremony

Kenyan Kikuyu Traditional Wedding :: Ngurario Marriage Ceremony

Kenyan Kikuyu Traditional Wedding :: Ngurario Marriage Ceremony What a wonderful wedding to document to start our wedding season with Grace and Moses’ gorgeous wedding in Ruai,Kenya. I love the colors and energy in every Agikuyu wedding we document and this particular one has a lot of those. See the past Ngurario here. Check out these images to re-live this wonderful occasion from their Irunga to their Gutinia Kiande Kikuyu Wedding ceremony. Ceremony: Ruai Photography: Antony Trivet Photography Kikuyu Traditional Wedding […]

Ruracio Dowry Marriage Ceremony :: Kikuyu Traditional Wedding Ngurario

Ruracio Dowry Marriage Ceremony :: Kikuyu Traditional Wedding

Ruracio Dowry Marriage Ceremony :: Kikuyu Traditional Wedding Recently, I was lucky enough to cover one of the unique Kikuyu Traditional weddings known as “Ngurario”. Though most African cultures have been adversely affected by western culture: There are few people, maybe I can say the cultural remnants who still observe the traditional rituals. I guess the young generation tries to avoid them due to too many complicated procedures as compared to modern weddings. It entails a lot of things, especially […]

Kikuyu Traditional Customary

Kuara Itara Marriage Ceremony :: Kikuyu Traditional Customary

Kuara Itara Marriage Ceremony :: Kikuyu Traditional Customary kuara Itara getting to see the nesting place for their daughter done at the groom’s home. It comes after the Ruracio dowry payment at the bride’s home.

Traditional Customary Marriage

Ruracio Ngurario Kuara Itara :: Traditional Customary Marriage

Ruracio Ngurario Kuara Itara :: Traditional Customary Marriage  

Ruracio Kikuyu Customary Marriage :: Kenyan Traditional Wedding

Ruracio Kikuyu Customary Marriage :: Kenyan Traditional Wedding

Ruracio Kikuyu Customary Marriage :: Kenyan Traditional Wedding Ruracio Kikuyu Customary Marriage :: Kenyan Traditional Wedding

Bumpbump Maternity Pregnancy Photoshoots :: Naiposha Gardens

Bumpbump Maternity Pregnancy Photoshoots :: Naiposha Gardens

Bumpbump Maternity Pregnancy Photoshoots :: Naiposha Gardens Capturing Magic:- Kenyan Maternity Baby Bump Shoot at Naishola & Naiposha Gardens There’s nothing quite as breathtaking as the glow of motherhood, and what better way to freeze that beauty in time than a dreamy maternity shoot in Kenya’s most serene garden venues? This weekend, we turned magic into memories at Naishola and Naiposha Gardens, where nature and motherhood embraced under the golden sun. Surrounded by lush greenery, peaceful water features, and the […]