Colossium Magazine March Issue_2020 | Page 59

B R I D A L ENTOURAGE: Why the sisters love the girls train. F or a couple’s dream wedding to come true, they have to count on their family and friends to make that possible. Save for money, the couple’s people are also taken into consideration. Be it a small or a BIG wedding, they play a role to make the wedding ceremony a successful one. One may ask who are the BRIDAL ENTOURAGE? BRIDAL ENTOURAGE is the bride’s maids and the groom’s men. They consist of family, friends, and work buddies or anyone the couples feel comfortable sharing their special moment with. Almost all weddings in the world have these set of people. In Africa, the entourage together with the couple add more spice to it after the ‘I dos’. They actually rehearse dance moves to make the occasion more fun. And these moves are recorded and put on social media which actually get likes and views. These set of people become a crowd when the couple know a lot of people or amongst their friends, it is difficult to leave one behind. The notion; ‘the more the merrier’ is applied to these special occasions. The question is ‘is the number of people important in these occasions?’ 59 | Colossium . March 2020 Back to the Contents page