One of the side effects of moving around so much is that a lot of times you find your heart in different places and you get nostalgic. Some days I wake up with severe pangs to find myself in Houston, France, Abuja or anywhere my heart wanders to.
This weekend, I have pangs to be in Lagos, my Lasgidi. I would probably be attending a wedding or one social event. There’s always something to celebrate even against all economic odds. The two photos are from weddings attended during my last visit in 2015.
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It looks like fun. I enjoy weddings — as long as my duties are limited to eating cake and drinking champagne rather than making speeches, of course! 🙂
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Woah! This has never happened before with your comments. I saw it in my spam box just as I was cleaning out
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Sorry about that, Jacqueline. I took a wrong turning and got lost. 🙂
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Hi Jackie, Seems both of us have been thinking alike in the spirit today. Displayed some Naija culture too in my post. Love your photos. Reminds me of some of the things I miss about ‘home’. Enjoy your weekend. 🙂
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You too dear Stella. Some weekends I just want to visit home small. Enjoy your weekend as well 🙂
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Thank you. I feel same too sometimes… 🙂
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Beautiful outfits 🙂
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Thank you dear Raili 🙂
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I know what this feeling is like. Lagos looks like a great place to be xxx
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It’s a great place with abundance of craziness 😉
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Lagos rocks any weekend, any time
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Totally rocks Deb. I dey jealous you 😉
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Great shots! Beautiful attire, and you looked beautiful.
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Thank you my dear friend. Over there we dress grand for occasions 🙂
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It’s superb. I liked it.
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Oh so beautiful! My three children are spread out–L.A., upstate New York, and Stavanger Norway. Too far, too far.
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Wow! That’s really spread out. I hope you get to see them often?
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It looks like two beautiful weddings and I love your outfit 💜
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Thank you 🙂 We love vibrant clothes for such events and the weddings are usually grand and large. A lot of fun too 🙂
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They look to be 😊 I love the vibrant colors 💜
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I love what the ladies wear to weddings and social events in Lagos! So beautiful and so festive! I’m wondering about the bride… what do brides usually wear?
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The ladies are always flamboyantly dressed for such events. If it’s a Church wedding the bride wears a white wedding gown, but for traditional weddings, she’s usually dressed to the nines. The photo bellow is my cousin during her traditional marriage.
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I tried to paste her picture but for some reason, I’m not getting it right.
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Oh wow! So she’s the bride, I wasn’t sure! She looks just beautiful!
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I think I made a mistake. No that’s me in the photo but it was my cousin’s wedding. For some reason her photo is not agreeing to load.
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Oh, well, even more wow! Then it’s YOU who looks simply gorgeous!! I was almost going to say, yes, I see the family resemblance, haha!! But as I’m not used to seeing you with your head covered, I wasn’t quite sure! 😀 Hopefully you can get that picture of your cousin loaded!
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I know what you mean about being home sick. There is nothing quite like home. You look stunning by the way!
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Nothing like home at all Pamela. No matter how much I wander now and again, the pangs hit me. Thank you my dear 🙂
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I love the happy colors of the clothes!
I know what you mean about homesickness. I’ve lived in a few places too and now, really no place is home. I miss not having that place I belong.
How wonderful that you got a chance to visit and share in such joyful occasions!
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It was a lovely time. Moving around has a lot of upsides but downsides such as this.
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You are such a radiant woman! Lagos sounds like a place full of life and love:) Places like that always make an impression in our hearts:)
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Thanks dear. Lagos is quite a vibrant and crazy place and very much unforgettable. It might be scary for first time visitors but there’s no place like Lagos 🙂
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Sounds like my family lol
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I know the feeling. Thankfully, wherever we go, people make us feel right at home.
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Looks like a very fun wedding!
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What an interesting interpretation of the challenge; makes me want to see more of your work as a photographer.
I’ll be following you from now on. Have an amazing day! 🙂
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Thank you 🙂
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