April 28, (THEWILL)- Dahiru Mangal, the billionaire businessman who serves as the founder and chairman of Max Airline this weekend, hosted northern elites to the grand wedding of his daughter, Nafisa to her lover, Muhammad Bashir Mangal who happens to be her uncle. The groom is a nephew of the businessman.
The wedding extravaganza began on Friday April 26, in an event aptly named traditional Kamu day. Kamu means to catch the bride and it is one of the oldest and most interesting events in northern traditional weddings. To get the bride, the groom’s family negotiates with the bride’s friends for her release.
It is a really fun event and negotiation may take up to 30 minutes followed by a fun reception. This took place at Katsina’s foremost event centre, Paramount Event centre. Guests made up of the mother’s friends, family members and the bride’s friends were thrilled by Hamisu Breaker and Aminu Mai Dawayya, both popular northern musicians. Katsina State cultural troupe were on hand to entertain the newlyweds and their guests as well. Steering proceedings at the pre wedding event was one of Kano State’s most sought-after female Master of ceremonies, Sury Mata.
Later that evening, the bride changed into a white bridal wedding gown to host close friends and family to an intimate dinner. On Saturday was the main wedding party and it had a roll call of the who is who in northern political and business circles.
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