 Ayẹyẹ Ṣi Ṣe Ni Òkèrè  Àṣà Ti Ó Mba Owó Ilú Jẹ: Destination Events  The Culture That Is Destroying The Local Currency : Yoruba people love celebrating, particularly during weddings.  In the olden days, marriage ceremony was not as expensive as it is nowadays.  Up till about forty years ago, marriage ceremony was often held in the home of the Brides father or in the family compound.  During traditional marriage, both the paternal and maternal side of the Bride would gather to host the Groom and his family in order to pray for the Bride and Groom and to advise the couple on how to live peaceably after the ceremony.  The Grooms family would bring in the Bridal Items as contained in the Brides family list, thereafter, the Brides family would entertain everyone present with food and drinks.  Local musicians could provide entertainment for people to dance, but it is not compulsory to engage musicians or dance.When expensive wedding celebration became the norm, some began to go into debt to bear the cost, particularly, the English Wedding known as Wife with a ring, Monogamous RegistryChurch Weddings.  As a result of these excesses, thieves began to attack at weddings, hence the shifting of marriage and other ceremonies away from family homes.  Celebrants began to rent neutral places such as School Field, Church Hall, Towns Hall and Event Places.Yoruba love celebrating but the prevalent culture nowadays, is Destination Wedding and hosting events such as birthday abroad.  According to Yoruba Culture, Grooms family would go to the Brides family to seek the Brides hand in marriage.  Those with no family ties and are not living AbroadEurope are now craving to host marriage ceremony away from home.  They often invite those who can afford it among their family and friends along.  In some of these Destination Weddings, poor family members and friends are left out because they are often denied Visa.  In some instances, close GroomBrides family members cannot afford to attend.  This type of Wedding is common among the Politicians, Senior Public Servants and those who have looted public fund.Destination Wedding or other celebrations is one of the culture of squandering the national wealth.   In taking wedding ceremony to other Countries, the local currency Naira has to be exchanged to foreign Currency where the wedding or event would be held in addition to travel expenses  Visa Fees and Air fare.  It is the foreign Countries that benefit from such expenses, because many local people such as Caterers and Musicians would have benefitted more if it has been held within the Country.  It is hoped that at this period of fund scarcity for laudable project especially scarcity of foreign exchange, the love of squandering fund on parties will reduce. 