Palm wine ceremony
To start this off I’m not Nigerian, and I’ve tried to look up the answer online and I can’t find it. My gf is Igbo and I know she wants a traditional wedding. My culture doesn’t have much in the sense of tradition for weddings so I’m down for it. I ran across the palm wine carrying ceremony and specifically the part about the groom drinking from the cup. Does it have to be palm wine? If it’s not can it be non alcoholic? Haitian culture has a lot of curses that follow if traditions aren’t observed is this one of those, where like you’re starting the marriage on the wrong foot? I’m a recovering alcoholic and while I don’t think a single swallow will lead to relapse if it’s easily changeable I would prefer that. And yes I could just ask her but I’m planning on proposing relatively soon and I don’t want her to start expecting it by asking questions about what our wedding would look like.