During their traditional wedding ceremony, a young Nigerian groom stirred reactions by discarding palm wine instead of drinking it when served by his bride.
In a video circulating on social media, the couple, surrounded by family and friends, participated in the wine-sharing ritual typical of traditional weddings.
However, during the wine-sharing part, the groom refused to drink the palm wine served to him. Instead, he spilt it and put cash in the empty in return to his wife-to-be.
The action has since sparked mixed speculations online from social media users who suggested the fear of being poisoned by unknown parties.
Reactions as groom refuse to drink palm wine on wedding day
weightlossproducts9ja said: “That’s how they do it to avoid cases of Po!isoning. As a Bride that knows the people she’s surrounded with please tell your groom not to drink from it but pour it away. I’ve lost an Uncle through this.”
mcmakopolo1 opined: “Na only the bride know her people ooo and some of these traditional marriages the bride doesn’t live in the village they only go to for the rights … so to avoid matters that touch the kidney … make ground chop too.”
nene_george quizzed: “I’m still trying to understand why he did that. Is it that he doesn’t trust his wife’s family 😂😂.”
enechelsea clarified: “They don’t used to drink it again nau. They just collect and pour away. Cause the world is very wicked. You don’t know who handled the drink before the bride so it’s better safe than sorry.”
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