At a big society wedding, the Couple’s dance into the venue was one of the highlights of the day. The MC calls out the couple’s friends to form a guard of honour lining up on both sides of the aisle to usher them in.
It is an opportunity for them to show off their dancing skills and sometimes they perform specially choreographed dances to rapturous applause from the audience. As the couple dances into the venue, well-wishers approach them and start to throw wads of freshly minted Naira notes at them or at times place them on the floor in front of them.
This very Nigerian cultural display is repeated and more pronounced when the couple takes to the floor for the first dance and at this stage, the Musician comes into play trying to get the attention of well-wishers as they “spray” the couple money.