Wednesday, August 29, 2007

The Wedding I

I'm not sure whether my topic of any interest to you, but I feel like writing about the wedding.

It's a bit different from the usual Malay wedding. We don't have any reception at the bride's house. The bride's is an Ibanese. Iban is the largest ethnic group in Sarawak (in East Malaysia).
She converted to Islam a few months back.
All the solemnisation, reception, etc is organised by us (the brothers n sisters) here.
And what make things more complicated is that, this is the first time we had 'kenduri'(feast), after my mum-in-law passed away. I am in Ipoh , the sister is in Alor Star, and the bride and groom in Sarawak, making it even harder. There are hardly time to discuss things...mostly are made thru phone and emails. We divide tasks among us. Mine- decorate the bride's-groom's gifts (hantaran), prepare the wedding favor and make the movie clips to be shown during the reception.
The feast at home was held on the 23rd August. The date was picked in remembrance of their late mother who passed away last Ramadan. It was her birthdate. We didn't help much that day, since we arrived around 6pm. Solemnisation took place after Zuhur prayer. (we weren't there too). The feast for that day- rice, beef curry(gulai kawah), roast chicken(ayam percik putih), salted fish(ikan masin), chillies(sambal) and some vege (acar).
In Kelantan the feast(lunch) is a bit different from other state. They served for the whole day (not like other state which food are only serve during lunch hour).

I'll continue with the entry about the 25August reception day tomorrow.
I leave you with the pictures of the 'hantaran's.

9 comments:

Jun said...

drNo...terer wat hantaran ye...akak dulu ade gak wat..for family..la ni x d yg nk kawen dah..tunggu anak2 plak..heheh...leh ambik oder wat hantaran tuuu.....

Unknown said...

:) very elaborate wedding....nampak grand...

congrats!

idham

Dr Ezura said...

pandainyer drNo buat hantaran..sweet and lovely....

drNO said...

Jun- hantaran konsep minimalist, tp ada gak yg rasa tlalu simple, so tambah la apa2 skt, bg meriah.

Idham- khemah je yg nmpk grand, sbb tuan punya khemah sponsor plus utk promotion.
kenduri yg kt rmh tu, a very traditional n simple kelantan wedding, jamuan makan n nikah.

ezura- thanks :)

HLiza said...

So sweet..I suka yg pink tu! My hubby's niece is getting married this December..rasanya I won't be able to contribute any creativity for her hantaran..coz I'm not creative..nasib baik auntie2 yg lain tu creative jugak berbanding dgn I ni. Kena bagi hadiah besar ajelah kot!

drNO said...

hliza- hadiah x semestinya besar...kecik tp bharga jadilah....
hehehehe...anyway...the thoughts that count...kan..

Unknown said...

erkk..kelantan wedding? ingatkan di perak..??

fonkius saya..

idham

drNO said...

idham,
I dok ipoh.
but it's my bro-in-law's wedding, sure la buat kt kelantan-the parents' house.
nikah n kenduri kat rumah-pasir puteh.
another reception-the entry about it- coming soon....

Anonymous said...

suka ngan kaler oren.... :-D