Planning a group dance for a wedding is hard. Planning one when your groomsmen live in different places and the wedding is five days away should be impossible. One Nigerian groom did not get the memo.

A video spreading fast online shows the groom and his crew learning an Igbo traditional dance together on a Zoom call. Every guy is in his own little square on the screen. They are copying the steps and doing their best to stay on beat from wherever they happen to be.

The squad was a true mix. At least one of the groomsmen learning the moves was a white guy who had clearly never done anything like this before. He was all in anyway.

Rehearsal by video call

The groom had one goal. He wanted his guests to see something special at the reception. A store-bought playlist was not going to cut it. So he put together a full routine and asked his friends to commit. They all said yes without knowing just how much homework that meant.

Then the video jumps ahead to the big day. Gone are the webcam angles. The groom and his men take the floor at the reception and run through the routine for real while the guests watch in delight. For five days of practice through a screen they pulled it off.

The internet calls him intentional

People online praised the groom for being intentional about his wedding. That is the highest compliment in wedding culture right now. It means you planned it on purpose and you cared about every detail.

Igbo weddings are famous for music and movement. The traditional celebration brings out drummers and dancers and family members who will happily show younger relatives how it is done. Joining that tradition with a group of friends from far away is a pretty beautiful way to honor it.

The best part might be the effort itself. Grown men in different places carved out time to log on and learn something new because their friend asked them to. Somewhere a Zoom subscription has never been put to better use.