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Nigerian Weddings - your comments |
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Many thanks for your comments, suggestions and votes
The results of the vote will be posted here on 18 July.
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Here are some of your own comments and suggestions for best Nigerian wedding song:
My favourite Nigerian wedding music is 'ETO IGBEYAWO'; the all-time classic by the doyen of Juju music Commander Ebenezer Obey. This track was released over thirty years ago but still remains a must on most weddings play list. The fact is couples only settle for alternatives when 'ETO IGBEYAWO' is unavailable.
Dr. Ayo Owoade , London
The best Nigerian wedding song is by Sikiru Ayinde Barrister. It turns almost everybody on.It is simply sung several times...
Iyawo elese osun/The bride with the beautiful feet
dakun ma se wo mama oko e loju o /please do not be rude to your mother in law
dakun ma se wo baba oko e loju o./please do not be rude to your father in law..
Ms Tosin Mustapha, New York.
My favourite wedding song:
A dupe ada ojo, ojo pe (Praise God, the appointed day is here)
Eni lojo iyawo, oko 'yawo maa yo (Now is the wedding, let the groom rejoice)
Iyawo a' wole (The bride'll soon stroll in)
Oko iyawo atun tele (With the groom by her side)
Sherry Birkinbine
My Favourite is:
Mo yege, Halleluiah mo yege (I've overcome, Halleluiah)
Jesu ri mi l'omoge (Jesus recognises piety in me)
O si gbe mi n'iyawo (And took me on as His own bride)
Halleluiah, mo yege (Halleluiah, I've triumphed)
By Dupe Oyelana
Tony Diran(USA)
I wish to commend you for this laudable effort. I primarily regard most of
Nigeria's contemporary music acts as a national embarrassment, especially
when compared to their counterparts in Congo (Zaire) and other places like
Senegal. I also believe the problem with our acts is their strategy of
wanting to compete with American rappers and their techniques of blending
the local with the global - this to me is often a poorly balanced mongrel. A
competition as yours will surely attract attention to the beauty of
traditional styles on which modern Nigerian music could be successfully
built. I listened to a remake of Eddykwansa, an old Nigerian song on BEN tv
some days ago, the parts which were based on the original song was so
beautiful and uplifting I became more convinced that looking back to the
past is surely the future of Nigerian music. Efforts as yours could lead us
there!
Abimbola
My favourite wedding song is the one composed by Evangelist Ebenezer Obey:
'Oni lojo iyawo, oko 'yawo mabo (Today is brides day,the groom should come)
' Biyawo bawole oko 'yawo atuntele...(If the bride enter, the groom should follow her....)
Olagunju L. Tokunboh
The only evergreen song that I know of (and is popularly sung by young and old in different versions) was recorded in the late 70s/early 80s by Tunbosun Oladapo (Ewi-a kind of chanting) and the late Dipo Sodipo (pope)-the original composer : 'Ki la n se ti a fi po ba won yi' This song is very popular among the Yorubas of the West.
There is another one,an old song.It was sung during my brother's wedding in 1974. It goes like this-
E rora mi a gbe ese
Oko iyawo w'ole
E rora mi agbe ese
Oko iyawo gbode'
Meaning- 'Walk in gently,majestically,You husband of the day...'
Yomi King Amosun, Atlanta,Ga
Oni l'ojo iyawo (Today is the wedding day)
Oko'yawo maa bo (Groom come)
Nitope (Because)
B'iyawo ba wole (If the bride comes in)
Oko'yawo a tun tele (The groom follows)
Edward Adedayo Ajayi
I will like to vote for Moyege,Halleluiah mo yege, Jesu ri mi l'omoge Osi gbe mi n'iyawo Halleluiah, mo yege. However I would like to submit the following songs to be entered for the competition:
(1)
Iyawo to n releoko (2*)
toju ebi o
toju ara o
eebi oko debi re iyawo.
Teti kogbo o oko iyawo teti kogbo o (2*)
eebi aya debi re oko iyawo teti kogbo o.
(2)
Igbeyawo dun o o, Igbeyawo omo jesu odun yeye.(2*)
Eyi ma larinrin orewa odun pupo o
Igbeyawo omo jesu odun yeye
Odun losiki iyawo dun lo siki rora mi a gbese bo o, oko re fi rele tele,
tori ojo ayo leni ma je ni gbeseaye omo eniyan. Eku ori re gbogbo ara bayin yo,
ile aye tuyin gbede omo rere ni woyi amodun.
(3)
O ju mi rire
O ju mi rire o
gbogbo aye e baa mi yo
O ju mi rire.
Olubusola Milliar
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