Pictures of Nigerian bride from London at her wedding in Nigeria
I met our modern-day British born Nigerian bride in London, before agreeing to photograph her white wedding in a church in London. Then I discovered she was also going to Nigeria with her family – to have a cultural wedding! A few emails, Facebook messages and phone calls later, and I was heading out to post my visa application … The following pics are from the second day of the celebrations, the first having been in the family’s original village, with the tribal elders.
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![Coral necklaces as part of traditional wedding in Nigeria](http://weddingphotos-video.co.uk/blog/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/2NigeriaWed043-1024x683.jpg)
The bride’s coral necklace is often a family heirloom, that has been handed down overt the generations. Our bride here is also wearing a coral-beaded hat, and her mother a traditional Nigerian headdress, in stiff shiny fabric.
![Marquee wedding reception in Nigeria](http://weddingphotos-video.co.uk/blog/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/2NigeriaWed017-1024x683.jpg)
The bride is about to walk round the house to her wedding in these marquees in Nigeria
![The wedding party arrives for wedding reception in Port Harcourt, Nigeria](http://weddingphotos-video.co.uk/blog/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/2NigeriaWed059-1024x683.jpg)
I was captivated by the little girls and their colourful reflections in the shiny surfaces of the vehicles left and right , as the bridal party processes down the road. The bride’s mother in the centre in fuchsia pink , with a patterned magenta and orange wrapper gently restrains one of the girls so they can rush past.
![Nigerian wedding as the bide's mother arrives for teh wedding reception in Port Harcourt](http://weddingphotos-video.co.uk/blog/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/2NigeriaWed062-1024x683.jpg)
![Bride shielded from the sun in Nigeria](http://weddingphotos-video.co.uk/blog/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/2NigeriaWed158-1024x683.jpg)
![Traditional Nigerian wedding dance in Port Harcourt](http://weddingphotos-video.co.uk/blog/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/2NigeriaWed169-1024x683.jpg)
![bride performing a traditional Nigerian weddingh dance.](https://scontent-b-lhr.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-frc3/544442_10151478721510319_2071930250_n.jpg)
![Pictures of wedding dance in Nigeria](https://scontent-a-lhr.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ash2/547563_10151478723435319_1745379195_n.jpg)
The marquees are sectioned off to accommodate the different family members and labelled so all the relatives know whereabouts to sit.
![bride in traditional Nigerian wedding costume dances her way into the marriage celebrations](https://fbcdn-sphotos-d-a.akamaihd.net/hphotos-ak-frc3/398900_10151478727915319_1899811366_n.jpg)
![The bride was late arriving - took too long to get ready, so the look on the bridesmaid's faces reminds me!](https://scontent-b-lhr.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-frc3/525831_10151478731565319_1860298036_n.jpg)
![wedding in Nigeria with children dancing](https://fbcdn-sphotos-g-a.akamaihd.net/hphotos-ak-ash2/557816_10151478732775319_1516414313_n.jpg)
![bride during wedding ceremony in Nigeria](https://scontent-b-lhr.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-frc3/527249_10151478735750319_1110609179_n.jpg)
![Nigerian tribal chief strides through the wet streets to the wedding in Nigeria](https://fbcdn-sphotos-b-a.akamaihd.net/hphotos-ak-frc3/528162_10151478737960319_1592782663_n.jpg)
![Wedding in Nigeria as the bride arrives](http://weddingphotos-video.co.uk/blog/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/2NigeriaWed143-1024x683.jpg)
I love this picture. The barbed wire on the wall above is typical of the walled and gated compounds – to protect the residents against thieves and worse… The reflections in giant puddles that have appeared while the bride was getting changed, and the brooding sky add drama to the image.