![]() ![]() The bridegroom crashed a chicken egg with his right foot. While the mother of the bride who walked behind the couple, gave a moral support. It simbolized the father shows the ways of happiness. Then the father of the bride led the couple walked to the wedding chairs while holding the corners of the cloth. Photo below shows the Pamaesan helping the mother of the bride covers the couple’s shoulders with some kind of cloth, during the Sindur Binayang ceremony. She also should leads the ritual ceremonies. She is responsible to dress up the bride and the bridegroom properly. Traditional Javanese wedding ceremony couldn’t be done without the role of Pamaesan. This meeting ceremony that took place in front of the garden gate called as “Panggih”. ![]() ![]() Or to prove that the bride or the bridegroom whom they will be married to is not a ghost or someone who pretends to be the one. People believe that this will keep bad spirits away. When they were about 2 meter facing each other, they started throwing each other with small bundels of leaves with lime inside. Then the bride and the bridegroom walked slowly from opposite direction approching each other. The ceremony was started with gamelan – the traditional music from Java. The bride and the bridegroom are Javaness, so there was a traditional ceremony followed by the receptions at night. Last week we went to Jakarta for my cousin’s wedding. Hello friends, how was your week? Hope you had a good one! □ ![]()
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